THE RESIGNIFICATION OF THE JUSTICE LIKE A LEGITIMATION ELEMENT FOR THE RECONFIGURATION AND SUPRANATIONALIZATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CULTURAL INTERACTION BETWEEN EAST-WEST

Authors

  • Diego Javier Mesa Rada Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, sede Cartago Valle.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21501/23394536.1831

Keywords:

Justice, Legitimating, Human Rights, Supra-nationalization, East-West.

Abstract

From the perspective of western modernity, “human rights universality” is the greatest
excuse made up to promote, in the eastern culture, and supposedly re-enhance dignity
of human beings as individuals, and support, additionally, the democratization of their
ancient social forms, in spite of their lack of interest in this, or in the concept of freedom
proclaimed by the West.
Therefore, the conundrum of human rights in the context of cultural interaction between the East and the West, will not be sorted out by “universalizing human rights”, let alone by promoting in the eastern culture the re-enhancement of dignity of human beings as individuals, the worship of reason, or the democratization of their institutions. However, maybe an eclectic cultural position could be developed, if the concept of justice is resignified and then, human rights are re-configured in such a way that it will, in itself, support their supra-nationalization sufficiently (this will probably become evident in a new supra-national body which, legitimated by this new concept of justice, and thanks to this new configuration, may assure, indistinctly, the enforcement of human rights both in the East and in the West. Nevertheless, this will not be analyzed in the present document), thus making them part of the culture of humankind.

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Author Biography

Diego Javier Mesa Rada, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, sede Cartago Valle.

Cartago-valle del cauca

Published

2015-07-01

How to Cite

Mesa Rada, D. J. (2015). THE RESIGNIFICATION OF THE JUSTICE LIKE A LEGITIMATION ELEMENT FOR THE RECONFIGURATION AND SUPRANATIONALIZATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CULTURAL INTERACTION BETWEEN EAST-WEST. Summa Iuris, 3(2), 391–404. https://doi.org/10.21501/23394536.1831

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Artículos resultado de investigación - Estudios jurídicos y de derechos humanos