[Hamp-law] Fwd: "Human Rights": An Alternative Perspective (APRIL 12)

[Flavio Risech]

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>Date:         Thu, 5 Apr 2007 09:44:11 -0400
>Reply-To: Nathan Therien <ntherien at FIVECOLLEGES.EDU>
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>From: Nathan Therien <ntherien at FIVECOLLEGES.EDU>
>Subject: "Human Rights": An Alternative Perspective (APRIL 12)
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>Since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human 
>Rights in 1948,   human rights have become a subject of social, 
>political and philosophical controversies. Considered a 
>quintessential expression of the modern Western cultural ethos, the 
>Declaration has been increasingly associated outside the West with 
>notions of western cultural imperialism.  Since the year 2000, 
>heated debates over the vision of human rights have been taking 
>place in Russia. Initiated by the Russian Orthodox Church in an 
>attempt to engage the human rights discourse on behalf of other 
>cultural traditions, these debates focus on the definition of the 
>human person and the social implications of the notion of "moral 
>autonomy." On Thursday, April 12, Professor Alexander Agadjanian, 
>Center for the Study of Religion, Russian State University of 
>Humanities, will speak about the philosophical and political 
>implications of these current debates. 
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>"Debates on Human Rights in Contemporary Russia:
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>Searching for an Alternative"
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>Professor Alexander Agadjanian
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>Center for the Study of Religion
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>Russian State University of Humanities, Moscow
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>April 12, 2007
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>Seelye Hall 207  7:00 p.m.
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>Smith College
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>Nate Therien
>Director, Academic Programs
>Five Colleges, Incorporated
>97 Spring Street
>Amherst MA 01002
><http://www.fivecolleges.edu/>www.fivecolleges.edu
>413/256-8316
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