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Porsdam, Helle --- "Civil Religion, Human Rights and International Relations" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012) [2012] ELECD 279

Editor(s): Porsdam, Helle

Title: Civil Religion, Human Rights and International Relations

Sub-title: Connecting People Across Cultures and Traditions

Topics: Human Rights; International Relations

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 29 February 2012

Number of pages: 232

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781000519

EISBN: 9781781000526

Abstract/Description:

This ground breaking book discusses whether human rights can be forged into a common set of transcendent principles against which actions of every nation can be judged and whether such a common understanding, or civil religion, could one day become a vehicle for global peace.

Eminent international scholars of history, political science, international relations, human rights and civil religion argue both sides of this debate. In Part One, the theoretical issues relating to why human rights have come about and whether they should be fought for are discussed. Part Two focuses on the reality of actions brought about by human rights ideas with illuminating case studies showing that human rights ideas and practice are generated from both the bottom up and top down by individual actors and institutions.

The unique book will be of great interest to scholars in the field of history, human rights, international relations and political science in general.