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308170 (v.1) Human Rights History Across Cultures and Religions 502
Area: | Faculty of Education, Language Studies and Social Work |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Seminar: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | The development of the idea of human rights. The Enlightenment tradition and human rights. Human rights in pre-Enlightenment thought. Non-western traditions of human rights. The debate about cultural relativism, and "the Asian human rights debate'. Ideas of human rights in different religious traditions. Colonialism and human rights. Indigenous understandings of human rights, and Indigenous perspectives on human rights protection, practice and education. Human rights in the context of globalisation. Inter-generational human rights. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have a thorough understanding of the history of human rights - of the different traditions and understandings of human rights across religious and cultural boundaries. Students will also be able to use this for an analysis of human rights issues. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Bell, L., Nathan, A. and Peleg, I. (eds) (2001); Negotiating Culture and Human Rights, Columbia, Columbia University Press. Brems, E. (2001), Human Rights: Universality and Diversity, The Hauge, Kluwer. Ishay, M. (ed) (1997), The Human Rights Reader, London, Routledge. Lauren , P. (1998), The Evolution of International Human Rights; Visions Seen, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press. Schmale, W. (ed) (1993), Human Rights and Cultural Diversity, Goldbach, Keip. Van Ness, P. (ed) (1999),Debating Human Rights: Critical Essays from the United States and Asia, London., Routledge. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Essay 80%, Presentation 20%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 90515 Welfare Studies | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | Y | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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