I have decided to start a discussion on the PowerPoint of my lecture "Understanding Democracy in the context of Individual rights, group rights and multiculturalism", organised by the Gandhian School of Democracy and Socialism Forum, ITM University Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India, on 14 July 2023.
This is exclusively a PowerPoint: therefore it is not a complete study.
The video of the lecture can be watched at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPFvnvMp_w4&t=1s
I am working on a text corresponding to the PowerPoint which will be published in some months.
The video of the talk can be watched at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPFvnvMp_w4&t=1s
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Individuals, communities and human rights
PETER JONES
Review of International Studies (2000), 26, 199–215
"The two global norms that are most widely recognized in our world are human rights and the principle of national self-determination. Sometimes these norms are presented as complementary, sometimes as rivals. Of the two, national selfdetermination seems to have secured more widespread acceptance. No doubt the uncertain meaning of national self-determination has aided its widespread popularity. Quite what sort of entity (or ‘self’) does the adjective ‘national’ describe? What sort of arrangements does ‘self-determination’ demand? Those who apparently share a common commitment to the principle of national self-determination can nevertheless give markedly different answers to these questions. Moreover, whatever meaning we give to national self-determination, its reality has long been questioned and is increasingly challenged by the forces of globalization. Yet, although the idea of national self-determination is fraught with problems, it is not one that seems to trouble people’s consciences in quite the same way as the idea of human rights. People may feel more or less warmly towards the principle of national self-determination, but nowadays they do not generally wring their hands about the global reach of the principle. They do not feel that it constitutes an imposition by one part of the world upon another. By contrast, many people do entertain reservations about the global pretensions that accompany the doctrine of human rights. Even if they themselves are won over by the doctrine, they often hesitate about the propriety of implementing it in a comprehensively global fashion."
Dear Professor Sundus F Hantoosh ,
I thank you very much for your message. I will analyse everything carefully.
Yours sincerely,
Gianluigi Segalerba
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