Human Rights And The Search For Community

In this book, Rhoda E. Howard argues that communities can exist in modern Western societies if they protect the whole spectrum of individual human rights, not only civil and political but also economic rights. In Memoriam -- Human Rights and the Search for Community -- Liberal Society -- Cultural Absolutism and Nostalgia for Community -- Rights, Dignity, and Secular Society -- The Modern Community -- Honor and Shame -- Social Exclusion -- Individualism and Social Obligation -- About the Book and Author