Inalienable Dignity: Writing Counterhegemonic Universal Human Rights Histories

IF 0.3 3区 历史学 Q4 ANTHROPOLOGY
Bonny Ibhawoh
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Human rights doctrine is founded on a notion of universality and inalienability. However, critics of the dominant formulation of “universal” human rights claim that it privileges Western epistemology and does not adequately reflect the histories and lived experiences of Indigenous communities. This has prompted calls for a more inclusive conceptualization and theorization of human rights that takes equal account of Indigenous histories and rights traditions. This article makes a case for reconceptualizing universal human rights to reflect the epistemologies of historically marginalized communities. Drawing on debates in African history, it calls for a counterhegemonic approach to human rights that goes beyond possessive individualism and the neoliberal, state-centered rights model. To be truly universal, international human rights must take equal account of the communal and collectivist ethos that underpins Indigenous notions of human dignity.
不可剥夺的尊严:书写反霸权的世界人权史
人权学说建立在普遍性和不可剥夺性的概念之上。然而,对“普遍”人权主流提法的批评人士声称,它赋予西方认识论特权,没有充分反映土著社区的历史和生活经历。这促使人们呼吁对人权进行更具包容性的概念化和理论化,平等考虑土著历史和权利传统。本文提出了重新定义普遍人权的理由,以反映历史上边缘化社区的认识论。根据非洲历史上的辩论,它呼吁对人权采取反霸权的方法,超越占有型个人主义和以国家为中心的新自由主义权利模式。为了真正具有普遍性,国际人权必须平等考虑到作为土著人尊严观念基础的社区和集体主义精神。
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Ethnohistory
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期刊介绍: Ethnohistory reflects the wide range of current scholarship inspired by anthropological and historical approaches to the human condition. Of particular interest are those analyses and interpretations that seek to make evident the experience, organization, and identities of indigenous, diasporic, and minority peoples that otherwise elude the histories and anthropologies of nations, states, and colonial empires. The journal publishes work from the disciplines of geography, literature, sociology, and archaeology, as well as anthropology and history. It welcomes theoretical and cross-cultural discussion of ethnohistorical materials and recognizes the wide range of academic disciplines.
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