The development of the idea of human rights. The Enlightenment tradition and human rights. Human rights in pre-Enlightenment thought. Non-western traditions of human rights. The debate about cultural relativism, and 'the Asian human rights debate'. Ideas of human rights in different religious traditions. Colonialism and human rights. Indigenous understandings of human rights and Indigenous perspectives on human rights protection, practice and education. Human rights in the context of globalisation. Inter-generational human rights. -- Course Website
