AP/SOSC 3392 6.00 International Perspectives in Law and Society: Ethnographies of Rights

AP/SOSC 3392 6.00

International Perspectives in Law and Society: Ethnographies of Rights

This course analyzes human rights from a legal anthropology perspective, and reflects on anthropologists’ criticisms of international human rights activism and their contributions to human rights struggles. A key theme is cultural relativism and the universality of human rights.