Tensions of Universal Claims and Contextual Sensitivities: The Case of Religious Freedom : An examination of Martha Nussbaum and Saba Mahmood’s ways of mediating the tensions of religious freedom

This thesis uses a philosophical discussion to explore the tensions that result in the meeting between universal claims and particular contexts regarding human rights and how these tensions can be mediated by exploring the right to religious freedom. In order to do this, two approaches will be studied, one liberal and one postcolonial, represented by Martha Nussbaum and Saba Mahmood respectively. In comparing the approaches of Nussbaum and Mahmood, their arguments and positions become clearer, but also the nuances of the debate between universalism and contextualism. The right to religious fre... Mehr ...