Mahathir Mohamad as a cultural relativist: Mahathirism on human rights

• 主要作者: Mohd Sani, Mohd Azizuddin
• 格式: Conference or Workshop Item
• 语言: English
• 出版: 2008
• 主题: JQ Political institutions Asia
• 在线阅读: http://repo.uum.edu.my/1873/1/Mohd_Azizuddin_Mohd_Sani%5B1%5D.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/1873/; http://www.conferenceworks.net.au/asaa/asaa.php

This paper is about Mahathirism, or Mohamad Mahathir's views on human rights. It supports the argument that Mahathirism is in fact a type of cultural relativism, as opposed to universalism or Western liberalism, specifically in the Malaysian context. The main idea of Mahathirism comes from Maha...