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The concept of universality and the universality of concepts: a comment
Ist Teil von
History of European ideas, 2023-02, Vol.49 (2), p.460-471
Ort / Verlag
Oxford: Routledge
Erscheinungsjahr
2023
Quelle
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Beschreibungen/Notizen
This concluding article draws together some of the connecting strands between the preceding four articles, seeking to outline a number of fundamental issues common to them all and ultimately the legal concept of universality in general. I argue that there is a fundamental Eurocentrism present that has a number of implications, ranging from the hierarchical worldview and its ingrained evolutionary basis to the notion of communities beyond the nation state which would in the guise of benevolence impose and dictate both law and values with an universal reach and finally, an idea that legal concepts were in an by themselves universal. What these had in common was that they were based on an understanding of humanity as universal, a certain concept of concept as universal and, finally, resorting to a very particular concept of universal rights. However, despite the manifold claims of universality, the practical application and interpretation of these rights was exceedingly limited to a certain group and a certain time and a place.