A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective on Human Rights

By Dr. Dominic

TWO Events
1. October 2010: Right to WATER? 2. SANGLIANA IPS: Police Commissioner of Bangalore
1. 2. Separate lanes for Cyclists and Cows? Ordered the slum youth to register their Finger prints and Photos in the near by Police stations

The Problem of Understanding

THE HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CON-TEXTS THE QUESTION OF BINARY

John F Kenady
The Sheep and Wolf So Which Perspective You Want?

Newtonian Model v/s Einsteins Model Newtonian Model of Social Sciences

1. LIBERALISM: Instrumental Rationality:

Utility theory 2. Empiricism: Direct experience as knowledge 3. Positivism: Fact v/s Non-Fact

YET the liberal model is very Popular

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Freedom Equality

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Freedom Equality

Eisteinian Model
MULTI DIPLINARITY in SOCIAL SCIENCES
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: Knowledge and power relations The question of Objectivity/ Universalism: Principle of Indeterminacy

Orientalism and Post Colonial Cultural Studies

SUBJECTIVITY and Context Specificity: Class, Caste and Gender perspectives The Death of Meta Narratives : Cycle, cart, R. Engine, Jet Orietalism: Edward Said Cultural Studies: Culture: three Ideological definitions
As Upper class and upper-caste legitimising tool As an academic Representation (Soliga) As an unpredictable Force (Collective Consciousness)

Filiation and Affiliation

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