Global society and human rights
By: by Vittorio Cotesta
Series: International comparative social studies -- 28
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9789004221475
Subjects: Human rights; Social aspects; Human rights and globalization; Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Knowledge transmission and universality of man in global society; title: The other and the paradoxes of universalism; title: Religion, human rights, and political conflicts; title: Europe : common values and a common identity; title: The public sphere and political space; title: America and Europe : Carl Schmitt and Alexis de Tocqueville; title: Identity and human rights : a glance at Europe from afar; title: Human rights, universalism, and cosmopolitanism.