308170 (v.1) Human Rights History Across Cultures and Religions 502

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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.
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.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
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.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Essay 80%, Presentation 20%. This is by grade/mark assessment.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y Y