Solidarity or Solipsistic Tunnel Vision? Reminiscences of a Renegade Rapporteur

Richard F Devlin

Solidarity or Solipsistic Tunnel Vision? Reminiscences of a Renegade Rapporteur

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In short, human rights is "an essentially contested concept". I think it is important to be clear right from the beginning as to what we mean by human rights, because that assumption will determine the remainder of our analysis. Two conceptions, in particular, tended to surface in the Conference and it is important to spotlight them because they underpin, concretize and reflect many of the other tensions of the last couple of days. These I shall call "the essentialist" and "the critical modernist" versions of human rights.

Original language	Canadian English
Title of host publication	Solidarity or Solipsistic Tunnel Vision? Reminiscences of a Renegade Rapporteur
Publication status	Published - Jan. 1 1993

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essentialist human rights
critical modernist human rights

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Human Rights Law

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