Meta-civilization

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dc.contributor.authorBondoc, Makonen E. G.
dc.contributor.supervisorCutler, A. Claire
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-22T15:04:21Z
dc.date.available2011-06-22T15:04:21Z
dc.date.copyright2011en_US
dc.date.issued2011-06-22
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Political Scienceen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis argues that the role of the United Nations’ (UN) human rights regime is to constitute all peoples into a specific universal standard of civilization, which this thesis identifies as the UN meta-civilization. Meta-civilization is defined as the UN’s colonial and imperial impulse to legislate, implement and enforce human rights in ways which are meant to uniquely ‘civilize’. Analysis of the doctrinal and theoretical foundations of international law illustrates the historical and contemporary power dynamics that enable the UN to ‘universalize’ human rights. As a case in point, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAoC) political dialogue highlights the UN’s constitution of the meta-civilization. The case study proves the UN meta-civilization is hegemonic in its claim to universality. In the end, this analysis demonstrates that more consideration about the appropriate utility of human rights within the theories and practices of international relations and international law is required.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/3384
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectHuman Rightsen_US
dc.subjectInternational Lawen_US
dc.subjectInternational Relationsen_US
dc.subjectUnited Nationsen_US
dc.subjectCivilizationen_US
dc.subjectUniversalismen_US
dc.subjectEurocentrismen_US
dc.subjectPower/Knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectTerrorismen_US
dc.subjectUnited Nations Alliance of Civilizationsen_US
dc.subjectLegal Positivismen_US
dc.subjectSelf-Determinationen_US
dc.subjectPostcolonial Thoughten_US
dc.titleMeta-civilizationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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