Human Rights in Translation

Intercultural Pathways

Nonfiction, History, World History, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Reference & Language, Law
Cover of the book Human Rights in Translation by Shazia Ahmad, Elizabeth Blake, Marcella Ferri, Hisako Matsuo, Jeffrey A. Redding, Mario Ricca, Michal Jan Rozbicki, Rachel Santon, Tommaso Sbriccoli, Melisa Vasquez, Anders E. Walker, Lexington Books
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Author: Shazia Ahmad, Elizabeth Blake, Marcella Ferri, Hisako Matsuo, Jeffrey A. Redding, Mario Ricca, Michal Jan Rozbicki, Rachel Santon, Tommaso Sbriccoli, Melisa Vasquez, Anders E. Walker ISBN: 9781498581424
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: October 26, 2018
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Shazia Ahmad, Elizabeth Blake, Marcella Ferri, Hisako Matsuo, Jeffrey A. Redding, Mario Ricca, Michal Jan Rozbicki, Rachel Santon, Tommaso Sbriccoli, Melisa Vasquez, Anders E. Walker
ISBN: 9781498581424
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: October 26, 2018
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

This volume reflects on what happens when the idea and practice of universal human rights cross the cultural borders between different communities of knowledge. Although such rights are usually presumed to be founded on certain globally shared beliefs, the norms and values of many cultures are often incommensurable with these "universal" principles, and hence the need to translate and “vernacularize” them. Any law that would successfully institutionalize them must frame human rights in a way that defers to the historically constituted cultural capital of the society in which it is to function. The essays in this book seek to illuminate different cognitive contexts that produce different meanings of rights, identify spaces of intercultural crossings where differences can coexist, and offer usable narratives and metaphors that could help mediate between distinct cultures. They show that the path forward does not lead through a unified theory of human rights that can be applied globally, nor through mere repackaging of rights in a more understandable language. What is needed is a deep understanding of the process of intercultural dialogue, the cultural "grammar" involved in relationships of difference.

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This volume reflects on what happens when the idea and practice of universal human rights cross the cultural borders between different communities of knowledge. Although such rights are usually presumed to be founded on certain globally shared beliefs, the norms and values of many cultures are often incommensurable with these "universal" principles, and hence the need to translate and “vernacularize” them. Any law that would successfully institutionalize them must frame human rights in a way that defers to the historically constituted cultural capital of the society in which it is to function. The essays in this book seek to illuminate different cognitive contexts that produce different meanings of rights, identify spaces of intercultural crossings where differences can coexist, and offer usable narratives and metaphors that could help mediate between distinct cultures. They show that the path forward does not lead through a unified theory of human rights that can be applied globally, nor through mere repackaging of rights in a more understandable language. What is needed is a deep understanding of the process of intercultural dialogue, the cultural "grammar" involved in relationships of difference.

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