POLI SCI 317 : Human Rights Study Guide
30 Oct 2014
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Agency defines what human rights really are, people must be able to make their own decisions. People must have capacity to live without being threatened, there should be an exit opportunity for those not willing to participate (female genital cutting). Ignatieff"s idea of what human rights are (pg 57) negative liberty. Sovereignty paradox: source of abuse- states are frequently human rights violators, source of protection- there is nothing better than a state to protect human rights/enforcer. 1789 french document that was precursor to int"l hr. French declaration of the rights of man and citizen- very similar to udhr in 1948. Part of lynn hunt"s cultural explanation, based on epistolary novel (exchange of letters) which strengthened reader"s feelings of empathy, realized characters were similar to themselves. Print capitalism: hr thinking as a means to national salvation. Opposition to qing dynasty- new focus on civil and political rights. (used human rights to bring down qing dynasty-authoritarian)
