The Place of Capitalism in Pursuit of Human Rights in Globalized Relationships of States

Mohsen Al Attar; Ciaron Murnane

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198074151.003.0008

The Place of Capitalism in Pursuit of Human Rights in Globalized Relationships of States

Mohsen Al Attar, Ciaron Murnane

The University of Auckland

Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Abstract

The world economy is firmly within the grip of capitalist economic ideology, specifically its competitive predisposition, while collective global consciousness is dominated by a unified commitment to social justice and personal freedom through poverty elimination, as expressed via the human rights narrative. This chapter highlights the paradox and the vast and wide gap between these competing doctrines; a predatory market mentality versus a progressive human mentality; class privilege versus human solidarity. It begins by considering the theoretical bases of the doctrines, then delves into a case study-South Africa-that assists in better explicating the challenges posed by the capitalist economic superstructure to the concurrent actualization of both sets of human rights.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Globalization, International Law, and Human Rights
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199080830
ISBN (Print)	9780198074151
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198074151.003.0008
Publication status	Published - 20 Sept 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Capitalism
Human rights
Personal freedom
Social justice
South Africa
Universal declaration of human rights
World economy

Access to Document

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198074151.003.0008

Cite this

@inbook{3ed47aabea024962bb8fa09f43b61173,

title = "The Place of Capitalism in Pursuit of Human Rights in Globalized Relationships of States",

abstract = "The world economy is firmly within the grip of capitalist economic ideology, specifically its competitive predisposition, while collective global consciousness is dominated by a unified commitment to social justice and personal freedom through poverty elimination, as expressed via the human rights narrative. This chapter highlights the paradox and the vast and wide gap between these competing doctrines; a predatory market mentality versus a progressive human mentality; class privilege versus human solidarity. It begins by considering the theoretical bases of the doctrines, then delves into a case study-South Africa-that assists in better explicating the challenges posed by the capitalist economic superstructure to the concurrent actualization of both sets of human rights.",

keywords = "Capitalism, Human rights, Personal freedom, Social justice, South Africa, Universal declaration of human rights, World economy",

author = "{Al Attar}, Mohsen and Ciaron Murnane",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright}University Press, 2013.",

year = "2012",

month = sep,

day = "20",

doi = "10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198074151.003.0008",

language = "English",

isbn = "9780198074151",

booktitle = "Globalization, International Law, and Human Rights",

publisher = "Oxford University Press",

}

TY - CHAP

T1 - The Place of Capitalism in Pursuit of Human Rights in Globalized Relationships of States

AU - Al Attar, Mohsen

AU - Murnane, Ciaron

N1 - Publisher Copyright: ©University Press, 2013.

PY - 2012/9/20

Y1 - 2012/9/20

N2 - The world economy is firmly within the grip of capitalist economic ideology, specifically its competitive predisposition, while collective global consciousness is dominated by a unified commitment to social justice and personal freedom through poverty elimination, as expressed via the human rights narrative. This chapter highlights the paradox and the vast and wide gap between these competing doctrines; a predatory market mentality versus a progressive human mentality; class privilege versus human solidarity. It begins by considering the theoretical bases of the doctrines, then delves into a case study-South Africa-that assists in better explicating the challenges posed by the capitalist economic superstructure to the concurrent actualization of both sets of human rights.

AB - The world economy is firmly within the grip of capitalist economic ideology, specifically its competitive predisposition, while collective global consciousness is dominated by a unified commitment to social justice and personal freedom through poverty elimination, as expressed via the human rights narrative. This chapter highlights the paradox and the vast and wide gap between these competing doctrines; a predatory market mentality versus a progressive human mentality; class privilege versus human solidarity. It begins by considering the theoretical bases of the doctrines, then delves into a case study-South Africa-that assists in better explicating the challenges posed by the capitalist economic superstructure to the concurrent actualization of both sets of human rights.

KW - Capitalism

KW - Human rights

KW - Personal freedom

KW - Social justice

KW - South Africa

KW - Universal declaration of human rights

KW - World economy

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84920752037&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198074151.003.0008

DO - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198074151.003.0008

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:84920752037

SN - 9780198074151

BT - Globalization, International Law, and Human Rights

PB - Oxford University Press

ER -

The Place of Capitalism in Pursuit of Human Rights in Globalized Relationships of States

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this