Human Rights in Iran

The Ethnography of ‘Others’ and Global Political Theory

Bibliographic Data

ID12923507
AuthorsChristien van den Anker (corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume4
Issue2
Pages265-282
Publication date2008-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of International Political Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1755-0882 • E-ISSN: 1755-1722
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3366/e1755088208000244
OpenAlexW2163304696
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited17

Knowledge about the ‘other’ is one of the founding pillars for the development of global political theory. Although human rights are an important part of the moral and legal discourse on global governance, there is still a gap between these theories and detailed accounts of human rights violations and the context for resistance. This article examines the treatment of the ‘other’ in a specific country (Iran), and the oppression as Muslims of Iranians living abroad, in order to begin to fill this gap. More specifically, it is argued that anthropology, journalism and diaspora literature about Iran provide useful input for the field of global political theory on human rights, democratisation and global justice. This literature helps bring home the realities of human rights violations, contributes to a better understanding of injustice and ways of creating social change, and illuminates issues of universality and difference that are of direct relevance to global political theory

Diaspora · Environmental ethics · Global justice · Human rights · Injustice · Oppression · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Turkey's Politics and Society

Tools

Open DOISci-HubOpen Access