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<p>Colleagues, this book, promoted as an attempt to decolonise the
curriculum, may be of interest, <br>
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<p>ashish <br>
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<td>Feel free to circulate among your groups.</td>
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<td>Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:38:27 +0530</td>
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<td>amrisha pandey <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:amrisha8@gmail.com"><amrisha8@gmail.com></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rights-of-rivers-south-asia@googlegroups.com">rights-of-rivers-south-asia@googlegroups.com</a>, Dr.
Deevanshu Shrivastava
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:deevanshu.shrivastava@jlu.edu.in"><deevanshu.shrivastava@jlu.edu.in></a>, Faizan Mustafa
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mustafa.faizan@gmail.com"><mustafa.faizan@gmail.com></a>, Prof. (Dr.) S.
Shanthakumar <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vc@gnlu.ac.in"><vc@gnlu.ac.in></a>, Prof. Saroj Bohra
[Professor & Director-ALS]
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sbohra@jpr.amity.edu"><sbohra@jpr.amity.edu></a>, XU Alison
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:alisonxu@aoni.waseda.jp"><alisonxu@aoni.waseda.jp></a>, mohananer nuals.ac.in
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mohananer@nuals.ac.in"><mohananer@nuals.ac.in></a>, Prof. Amit Jain
[Pro-President, Dean - Faculty of Management and
Director-ABS] <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ajain4@jpr.amity.edu"><ajain4@jpr.amity.edu></a>, manu gautam
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:professorzx@gmail.com"><professorzx@gmail.com></a>, Hiroshi Fukurai
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<div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues and Respected Professors,
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<div>Greetings of the day!.</div>
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<div>Please find the details of the book from my PhD
supervisor. </div>
<div>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 </div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;color:black">Professor Surya
Subedi’s contribution to human rights and to
decolonising </span></u></b><b><u><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">the <span style="color:black">curriculum</span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;color:black">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 </span><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">the use of <span style="color:black">more
inclusive </span>and diverse literature for <span
style="color:black">teaching. </span>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 t<span
style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">his
new book examines the values of Eastern civilisations
and their contribution to the development of the United
Nations Human Rights agenda.</span><span
style="color:black"> 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, <span
style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">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.</span> In
his book, </span>Professor Subedi <span
style="color:black">has analysed <span
style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">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. </span></span>When
discussing human rights, this study is not only referring
to human rights in the modern sense of the term <span
style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">–
that is, </span>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:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"> <a
href="https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/human-rights-in-eastern-civilisations-9781800883611.html"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/human-rights-in-eastern-civilisations-9781800883611.html</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The flyer is attached for your reference.</p>
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<div>Best Wishes,<br clear="all">
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198)">Dr
Amrisha Pandey</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(61,133,198)">Assistant Professor
of Law in School of Maritime Law, Policy and
Administration</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(61,133,198)">Gujarat Maritime
University.</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(61,133,198)">Gandhinagar,
Gujarat. </span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(61,133,198)">Email: </span><a
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