Human Rights Education Beyond Universalism and Relativism A Relation
Through the preservation of the social, political, and cultural autonomies of peoples within diverse cultural contexts, Al-Daraweesh and Snauwaert propose a relational epistemology for human rights education.
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Human Rights Education Beyond Universalism and Relativism A Relational Hermeneutic for Global Justice
Fuad Al-Daraweesh and Dale T. Snauwaert
human rights education beyond universalism and relativism Copyright © Fuad Al-Daraweesh and Dale T. Snauwaert 2015.
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-47107-9 All rights reserved.
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Palgrave and Macmillan are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-69208-8 ISBN 978-1-137-47108-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137471086 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Al-Daraweesh, Fuad. Human rights education beyond universalism and relativism : a relational hermeneutic for global justice / Fuad Al-Daraweesh and Dale T. Snauwaert. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Human rights—Study and teaching. 2. Universalism. I. Snauwaert, Dale T., 1955– II. Title. JC571.A355 2015 323.071—dc23 2014031001 Design by Amnet. First edition: February 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Transferred to Digital Printing in 2015
To the memory of our mothers: Amneh, Millie To our wives: Hanan, Mary
Contents
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1
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The Scope of Human Rights: Toward a Freestanding, Culturally Sensitive Universalism
13
Hermeneutics: A Methodology for Human Rights Education
47
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Human Rights and Isomorphic Equivalents
77
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Fusion of Horizons
115
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Toward a Pedagogy of Human Rights Education
141
6
Conclusion
191
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Notes
199
References
201
Index
213
Preface
Among the most challenging common tasks that face those who will live out most of their lives in the twenty-first century are the reconciliation and preservation of human diversities and the establishment of a global social order grounded in the principles of human dignity and the moral inclusion of all human beings in the global social order. Preparing the world’s peoples to undertake and work toward the achievement of these tasks will require effective human rights learning. Fuad Al-Daraweesh and Dale Snauwaert have given us a leg up on the tasks with this groundbreaking book. Human Rights Education Beyond Universalism and Relativism: A Relational Hermeneutic for Global Justice offers educators the foundation of the reconciliation of two seemingly contradictory approaches to the spheres of human experience that have given rise to the concept of human rights, universalism and cultural relativism, contending modes of thinking that have posed challenges to the emergence o
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