HRIG4001 (v.1) Human Rights History Across Cultures and Religions
| Area: | Faculty of Humanities |
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| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
| TUITION PATTERNS: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Seminar: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
| UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Syllabus: | This unit provides an overview of the development of the idea of human rights and related concepts in a range of cultures and religions. It explores the development of human rights in the Enlightenment tradition and debates about the foundation of human rights. Other topics include cultural relativist critiques of human rights; non-western cultural traditions of human rights; the role and practice of dialgue; ideas of human rights in different religious traditions; colonialism and human rights; and Indigenous understandings of human rights and perspectives on rights protection, practice and education. |
| Field of Education: | 090300 Studies in Human Society (Narrow Grouping) |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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