1. MAKING SENSE OF THINGS:
HUMAN RIGHTS,
WOMEN &
ISLAMIC ELEMENTS
LAWS 718
David Linnan
February 23, 2006

2. WHY THREE ELEMENTS? COURSE STRUCTURED AROUND:
1. Human rights concept (secular)
2. Women’s studies/rights
3. Islam
So what, is the picture complete?

3. HIDDEN ISSUES DEVELOPMENTAL SIDE
Rich folks & poor folks (distributive justice)
Modernization debates & theory
“Globalization” pressures at both ends
To what extent does this hidden curriculum affect what we looked at?

4. DEV & RELIGION THEORIES
CAN RELATE BACK INTO MATERIAL:
Distributive justice (claims about wider disputes, e.g., Prophet cartoon as spark)
Modernization was originally conceived of as “Westernization,” actually drives policy
Globalization/anti-globalization and economic pressures at both ends (e.g., CNN story on Southern Poverty Law Center view of growing hate groups, KKK & neo-nazis)
How to tie These Formally into each of Three Elements?

5. WHOLE VS SUM OF PARTS BETTER UNDERSTANDING COMES FROM WHICH,
Going at things under separate categories (human rights vs women vs Islam), OR
Mixing categories above, OR
Looking to the hidden curriculum stuff?
What really accounts for differences?

6. DISCUSSION
Views of instructors?
Class members?