Andrew Fagan is Director of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Essex. He is an internationally renowned human rights scholar.

This is a lucid introduction into the ways that philosophers, political theorists and practitioners have grappled with the tensions between two key values of our time. It also offers a persuasive argument that respect for human rights and for cultural diversity can be reconciled.

• IntroductionA Defensible UniversalismCulture and Transcending RelativismA Right to Cultural IdentityThe Rights of Women – Patriarchy, Harm and EmpowermentThe Rights of National and Ethnic MinoritiesThe Rights of Indigenous PeoplesReligion and Human RightsWorking On a Dream?ReferencesIndex

Andrew Fagan is Director of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Essex. He is an internationally renowned human rights scholar.

This is a lucid introduction into the ways that philosophers, political theorists and practitioners have grappled with the tensions between two key values of our time. It also offers a persuasive argument that respect for human rights and for cultural diversity can be reconciled.

• IntroductionA Defensible UniversalismCulture and Transcending RelativismA Right to Cultural IdentityThe Rights of Women – Patriarchy, Harm and EmpowermentThe Rights of National and Ethnic MinoritiesThe Rights of Indigenous PeoplesReligion and Human RightsWorking On a Dream?ReferencesIndex

Andrew Fagan is Director of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Essex. He is an internationally renowned human rights scholar.

This is a lucid introduction into the ways that philosophers, political theorists and practitioners have grappled with the tensions between two key values of our time. It also offers a persuasive argument that respect for human rights and for cultural diversity can be reconciled.

• IntroductionA Defensible UniversalismCulture and Transcending RelativismA Right to Cultural IdentityThe Rights of Women – Patriarchy, Harm and EmpowermentThe Rights of National and Ethnic MinoritiesThe Rights of Indigenous PeoplesReligion and Human RightsWorking On a Dream?ReferencesIndex