HY271
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Human Rights: Histories, Theories, and Debates
Course Subject Code
HY
Course Number
271
Course Long Title
Human Rights: Histories, Theories, and Debates
Status
Active
Division
Social Sciences
Department
Unit(s)
1
Schedule Type
Block Seminar
Instruction Mode
Traditional
Grade Modes
Letter Grades, S/CR/NC, Audit
Course Attributes
CLHP, EPG
Course Description
This course provides an overview of the history of human rights. We examine different genealogies of human rights, chart the shifting meanings of ?human? and ?rights? over time, and explore debates in the application of rights. Key topics include the philosophical foundations of rights; capitalism, imperialism, and rights; universalism vs. cultural relativism; and the complementary discourse of humanitarianism.