| Titre : |
Imperialism and human rights : colonial discourses of rights and liberties in African history |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Ibhawoh, Bonny, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
Albany - New York [États-Unis] : State University of New York Press |
| Année de publication : |
c2007 |
| Collection : |
SUNY series in Human Rights |
| Importance : |
1 vol. (xv, 226 p.) |
| Présentation : |
ill. |
| Format : |
24 cm |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-7914-6924-8 |
| Note générale : |
Réf. bibliogr. p. 181-219. Index |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
Colonies -- Afrique subsaharienne -- Droit ; Droit -- Afrique subsaharienne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle ; Droit -- Afrique subsaharienne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle ; Droits de l'homme -- Afrique subsaharienne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle ; Droits de l'homme -- Afrique subsaharienne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
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| Index. décimale : |
323.096 |
| Résumé : |
"In this seminal study, Bonny Ibhawoh investigates the links between European imperialism and human rights discourses in African history. Using British-colonized Nigeria as a case study, he examines how diverse interest groups within colonial society deployed the language of rights and liberties to serve varied socioeconomic and political ends. Ibhawoh challenges the linear progressivism that dominates human rights scholarship by arguing that, in the colonial African context, rights discourses were not simple monolithic or progressive narratives. They served both to insulate and legitimize power just as much as they facilitated transformative processes. Drawing extensively on archival material, this book shows how the language of rights, like that of "civilization" and "modernity," became an important part of the discourses deployed to rationalize and legitimize empire."--Jaquette |
| Note de contenu : |
The subject of rights and the rights of subjects -- Rights, liberties and the imperial world order -- Stronger than the maxim gun: law, rights and justice -- Confronting state trusteeship: land rights discourses -- Negotiating inclusion: social rights discourses -- Citizens of the world's republic: political and civil rights discourses -- The paradox of rights talk |
Imperialism and human rights : colonial discourses of rights and liberties in African history [texte imprimé] / Ibhawoh, Bonny, Auteur . - Albany - New York (États-Unis) : State University of New York Press, c2007 . - 1 vol. (xv, 226 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm. - ( SUNY series in Human Rights) . ISBN : 978-0-7914-6924-8 Réf. bibliogr. p. 181-219. Index Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
Colonies -- Afrique subsaharienne -- Droit ; Droit -- Afrique subsaharienne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle ; Droit -- Afrique subsaharienne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle ; Droits de l'homme -- Afrique subsaharienne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle ; Droits de l'homme -- Afrique subsaharienne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
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| Index. décimale : |
323.096 |
| Résumé : |
"In this seminal study, Bonny Ibhawoh investigates the links between European imperialism and human rights discourses in African history. Using British-colonized Nigeria as a case study, he examines how diverse interest groups within colonial society deployed the language of rights and liberties to serve varied socioeconomic and political ends. Ibhawoh challenges the linear progressivism that dominates human rights scholarship by arguing that, in the colonial African context, rights discourses were not simple monolithic or progressive narratives. They served both to insulate and legitimize power just as much as they facilitated transformative processes. Drawing extensively on archival material, this book shows how the language of rights, like that of "civilization" and "modernity," became an important part of the discourses deployed to rationalize and legitimize empire."--Jaquette |
| Note de contenu : |
The subject of rights and the rights of subjects -- Rights, liberties and the imperial world order -- Stronger than the maxim gun: law, rights and justice -- Confronting state trusteeship: land rights discourses -- Negotiating inclusion: social rights discourses -- Citizens of the world's republic: political and civil rights discourses -- The paradox of rights talk |
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