Human rights and the triumph of the individual in world culture

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dc.contributor.authorElliott, Michael A.
dc.contributor.departmentTowson University. Department of Anthropology, Sociology & Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-18T16:02:57Z
dc.date.available2021-10-18T16:02:57Z
dc.date.issued2007-11-01
dc.description.abstractDespite ongoing attention to the subject, cultural accounts of the globalization of human rights are surprisingly scarce. Most accounts describe this phenomenon either as a function of evolutionary progress or the rational/strategic action of states and social movement organizations. As a result, they have difficulty explaining both the moral impulse to act on behalf of human rights and the tremendous expansion of the ideology itself. Borrowing insights from global cultural analysis, I argue that the increasing concern for, and elaboration of, human rights points to a world-cultural environment where the individual is increasingly regarded as sacred and inviolable. To demonstrate this, I explore how human rights have developed historically as a ‘cult of the individual’ and present new data on their recent worldwide expansion.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1749975507082052en_US
dc.format.extent27 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2phyo-4aq7
dc.identifier.citationElliot, Michael A. 2007. "Human rights and the triumph of the individual in world culture." Cultural Sociology 1(3). Retrieved October 15, 2021 (https://doi.org/10.1177/1749975507082052)en_US
dc.identifier.issn1749-9755
dc.identifier.issn1749-9763
dc.identifier.uri10.1177/1749975507082052
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/23102
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCultural Sociology;volume 1, issue 3
dc.subjectCult of the individualen_US
dc.subjectGlobalizationen_US
dc.subjectHuman rightsen_US
dc.subjectSacreden_US
dc.subjectWorld cultureen_US
dc.titleHuman rights and the triumph of the individual in world cultureen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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