Colleagues, this book, promoted as an attempt to decolonise the curriculum, may be of interest, ashish -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Feel free to circulate among your groups. Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:38:27 +0530 From: amrisha pandey <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Dr. Deevanshu Shrivastava <[email protected]>, Faizan Mustafa <[email protected]>, Prof. (Dr.) S. Shanthakumar <[email protected]>, Prof. Saroj Bohra [Professor & Director-ALS] <[email protected]>, XU Alison <[email protected]>, mohananer nuals.ac.in <[email protected]>, Prof. Amit Jain [Pro-President, Dean - Faculty of Management and Director-ABS] <[email protected]>, manu gautam <[email protected]>, Hiroshi Fukurai <[email protected]> Dear Colleagues and Respected Professors, Greetings of the day!. Please find the details of the book from my PhD supervisor. It is a fantastic topic and would interest many of you. This has been one of his dream projects and a magnificent contribution by Prof Surya P. Subedi to the field of Human Rights *_Professor Surya Subedi’s contribution to human rights and to decolonising _**_the curriculum_* There has been a great deal of debate in the recent past about decolonising the curriculum in universities around the globe and a call for the use of more inclusive and diverse literature for teaching. The values of Western civilisations and their contribution to the development of human rights, the rule of law and democracy have been asserted in a wide range of literature. In contrast, few studies have been conducted on the values of Eastern civilisations and their contribution to the development of human rights in the wider sense of the term. Western scholars are not usually familiar with the vast body of scholarship in Eastern civilisations; nor do many of them go far back in history to understand and appreciate the contribution of Eastern civilisations. This intellectual gap renders the work of such scholars limited in scope. It is in this context that this new book examines the values of Eastern civilisations and their contribution to the development of the United Nations Human Rights agenda. Professor Surya P. Subedi QC, OBE, DCL of the School of Law at the University of Leeds has demonstrated in his recent publication entitled “Human Rights in Eastern Civilisations” published by a major British publishing house, Edward Elgar, how cross-fertilisation of values between the Eastern and Western civilisations has taken place and how the notion of the universality of human rights has been enriched by the values of different civilisations. In his book, Professor Subedi has analysed the values of Eastern civilisations and their contribution to the development of the UN human rights agenda. The book focuses on the norms underpinning Eastern philosophies to assess the extent to which the ancient Eastern civilisations already had human rights values embedded in them. Various chapters in the book explore the expression of values in the scriptures and practices of the Eastern philosophies, assessing their influence on the contemporary understanding of human rights. Rejecting the argument based on the so-called “Asian Values” that is often used to undermine the universality of human rights, the book argues that secularism, personal liberty, tolerance, and universalism are at the heart of the main scriptures of Eastern civilisations. When discussing human rights, this study is not only referring to human rights in the modern sense of the term – that is, the human rights developed mainly after the establishment of the United Nations and within the framework of Western political thought. Rather, this study is considering human rights in a wider sense and in a much earlier historical context. The following is the link to this new book: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/human-rights-in-eastern-civilisations-97818... <https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/human-rights-in-eastern-civilisations-9781800883611.html> The flyer is attached for your reference. Best Wishes, Dr Amrisha Pandey Assistant Professor of Law in School of Maritime Law, Policy and Administration Gujarat Maritime University. Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Email: amrisha8@ <mailto:[email protected]>gmail.com <http://gmail.com>; Twitter: @PandeyAmrisha8 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Rights of Rivers South Asia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rights-of-rivers-south-asia/CAFMvZyUoZ8cP6... <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rights-of-rivers-south-asia/CAFMvZyUoZ8cP6%2B8KtW5XWv42%2BuKNFShdSEuzduHgM2bCJ66UdQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>.