Ethnocentric Political Theory The Pursuit of Flawed Universals /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Parekh, Bhikhu (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: International Political Theory,
• Θέματα: Political science.; Political theory.; Religion and politics.; Popular Science in Political Science and International Relations.; Political Theory.; Politics and Religion.; Governance and Government.

Western political theory has many great strengths but also a few weaknesses. Among the latter should be included its ethnocentricity, its tendency to universalize the local. The political theorist makes universal statements about human beings, societies and states without making a close study of the...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Concept of Rights
• 3 Human Rights and Moral Pluralism
• 4 Reason and Identity
• 5 Regulating Hate Speech
• 6 A Misconceived Discourse on Political Obligation
• 7 Liberal Democracy and National Minorities
• 8 A Critique of the Liberal Approach to Violence
• 9 Understanding Humiliation
• 10 Reflections on Multiculturalism
• 11 Common Belonging
• 12 A Multicultural Perspective on Secularism
• 13 Cultural Accommodation and the Criminal Law
• 14 Ethnocentricity of the Nationalist Discourse
• 15 Religious Tolerance in a Comparative Perspective.