R. U. S Prasad

The Origins of Human Rights (eBook, ePUB)

Ancient Indian and Greco-Roman Perspectives

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book studies the history of intercultural human rights. It examines the foundational elements of human rights in the East and the West and provides a comparative analysis of the independent streams of thought originating from the two different geographic spaces.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000649734
• Artikelnr.: 64380118

Autorenporträt

R.U.S. Prasad holds a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. He is currently an Associate in the Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University, USA. His published works during the last ten years include Resolving Disputes in Telecommunications: Global Practices and Future Challenges; The Rig-Vedic and Post Rig-Vedic Polity (1500 BCE-500 BCE); and River and Goddess Worship in India: Changing Perceptions and Manifestations of Sarasvati. He has earlier been a visiting research fellow at the Stanford Center for International Development, Stanford University, USA. He has also held multiple assignments within the Government of India including that of Secretary to the Government of India. He is widely traveled, has participated in various international conferences, and also worked as an Expert for two UN specialized agencies.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Human Rights and Vedic Texts - Some Reflections 2. Human Rights and the
Rigvedic and post-Rigvedic texts 3. Human Rights and the Dharmasutras 4.
Human Rights and the Dharmasastras 5. Status of Women during the Rigvedic
and Post Rigvedic Phases 6. Status of Slavery during the Rigvedic and Post
Rigvedic Phases 7. Greek humanistic thought in historical perspective 8.
Socrates and Human Rights 9. Plato's ideas and writings and Human Rights
10. Aristotle's works and humanism 11. Status of Women and Slavery in
ancient Greece 12. Hellenistic Philosophy 13. Roman thought and Human
Rights in historical perspective 14. Marcus Tullius Cicero's Philosophy and
Human Rights 15. Lucius Annaeus Seneca's Philosophy and Human Rights 16.
Status of Women and Slavery in Ancient Rome 17. The Roman Values 18.
Summing Up- ancient Indian and Greco-Roman thoughts and Human Rights in a
comparative perspective