Reframing the Intercultural Dialogue on Human Rights

Jeffrey Flynn is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, USA. In 2013-14 he is a Member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, USA.

• Introduction Part I. Multiple Foundations for Human Rights 1. Compatibility Debates, Colonial Subtexts, and Global Inequality 2. Human Rights as Political, not Metaphysical 3. Unforced Consensus and Multiple Modernities Part II. A Dialogical Framework 4. Reconstructing the Western Model 5. How to Frame a Real Dialogue 6. The Shifting Horizons of Secular Modernity 7. A Realistic Utopia of Human Rights. Conclusion

"An exciting new contribution to the literature on human rights. Flynn systematically reconstructs Habermas’s discourse-theoretical approach to human rights and compellingly argues for its superiority over rival approaches." -- Amy Allen, Dartmouth College, USA"Jeffrey Flynn's important new book is aimed at the central issues raised as actors around the globe grapple with the apparent tension between the universal aspirations of human rights and our manifest differences...[It] is a model work of political philosophy: careful and clear in its argument, rich in detail, and ambitious in scope...Flynn is very thorough and charitable toward his interlocutors. Certainly, one cannot find a better critical exposition of Habermas on human rights and global dialogue." -- Stephen C. Angle, Wesleyan University, USA, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews