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Hans Ingvar Filip RothProfessor of Human Rights

About me

Hans Ingvar Roth is professor of human rights at the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University. He holds a PhD in Ethics from Lund University, a Master of Letters in Philosophy from University of Oxford, a B.A. in Political Science, Philosophy, Peace and Conflict Studies from Uppsala University and a M.A in History and Religious Studies from Stockholm University. Roth is also a docent (associate professor) in Ethics from Lund University.

Research and publications

He has written extensively on human rights, affirmative action, minority rights, multicultural education and epistemology. Among his publications are the books:

  • “Conceptions of Knowledge and Scepticism” (1992)
  • “The Multicultural Park – A Study of Common Values in School and Society” (1999)
  • "Identitet och pluralism" (Identity and Pluralism) (2002)
  • “Särbehandlingens dimensioner” (2004)
  • “Mångkulturalismens utmaningar” (2005)
  • “Vad är mänskliga rättigheter?” (2007)
  • “Diskriminering” (2008)
  • “Mångfaldens gränser” (2010)
  • “När Konfucius kom till FN : Peng Chun Chang och FN:s förklaring om de mänskliga rättigheterna” (2016)
  • “P. C. Chang and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (2018).

He is a regular contributor to Svenska Dagbladet and Dixikon, among others, with essays on how philosophy, ethics and human rights intersect with current affairs.

Publications

A selection from Stockholm University publication database

  • När Konfucius kom till FN

    2016. Hans Ingvar Roth.

    Book

    Boken är en biografi om den kinesiske diplomaten och filosofen Peng Chun Chang (1892-1957) som var en av huvudförfattarna till FNs allmänna förklaring om de mänskliga rättigheterna. Boken är också en persentation och analys av Changs tankar om etik och mänskliga rättigheter.

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  • Educación en Derechos Humanos: Posibilidades y DesafiosHuman Rights Education: Possibilities and Challenges

    2013. Hans Ingvar Roth. Paideia (52), 31-54

    Article

    Los derechos humanos, como están formulados en la Declaración de la ONU de 1948, se han convertido en una lingua franca. Hemos sido testigos, en el período de la postguerra, de una denominada Revolución de los Derechos Humanos con una gran cantidad de declaraciones y convenciones relacionadas con grupos vul-nerables como niños, mujeres, pueblos originarios, discapacitados. Se han intro-ducido poderosos mecanismos para la implementación de los derechos humanos, por ejemplo la Corte Europea de Derechos Humanos en Estrasburgo y la Corte Internacional de crímenes de la Haya. No obstante esta revolución en el área de los derechos humanos y la educación sobre los mismos ha quedado rezagada. Ha sido solamente en la última década que se han realizado intentos serios de incluir los derechos humanos en el curriculum y en diversas asignaturas en las escuelas de varios países alrededor del mundo. El mismo fenómeno puede ser apreciado en muchas universidades. Este artículo intenta analizar este silencio de la educa-ción en derechos humanos desde una perspectiva global y comprender por qué el proceso de formulación e implementación de esta educación ha sido tan lento. Otro tema que se plantea es cómo la educación de derechos humanos puede ser definida y practicada especialmente en distintos niveles de la escuela.

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  • Vad är mänskliga rättigheter?

    2007. Hans Ingvar Roth.

    Book

    Presentation och diskussion kring mänskliga rättigheter ur ett historiskt och aktuellt perspektiv med särskild tonvikt på etiska frågor och teorier. En central utgångspunkt för framställningen är arbetet kring FN förklaringen om de mänskliga rättigheterna från 1948.

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  • The multicultural park

    1999. Hans Ingvar Roth, Graham Bowers.

    Book

    Multiculturalism is one of the most intensely debated concerns of society today. This has been visibly the case in the field of school education. The questions we find ourselves obliged to confront include: In what ways should multiculturalism influence the content of school education? How should we interpret the concept of value community, and what organisational forms should schools adopt in a multicultural context? What kind of national symbols are appropriate in a multicultural society?

    These questions provide the point of departure for this book, which looks at Sweden account international scholarly debate.

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  • Conceptions Of Knowledge And Scepticism

    1992. Hans Ingvar Roth.

    Book

    This study deals essentially with the problem of how to assess the strength of certain global sceptical arguments, such as, the infinite regress argument. The thesis consists of a critical discussion of four prominent theories of knowledge in the current epistemological debate. The discussed theories are: Laurence Bon Jour's coherence theory of knowledge, Robert Nozick's tracking-the-truth theory, Barry Stroud's Cartesian theory of knowledge and Edward Craig's contextualism. The critical discussion results in a proposal of an alternative theory of knowledge named the Best-Available Method-theory (or the so-called BAM theory). This theory has the advantage of not vitiating our ordinary intuitions regarding the concept of knowledge. The BAM theory also aims to explain the inclinations towards and against global sceptical challenges. It is stated that there are certain serious problems in challenging some of the sceptical philosopher's conclusions. Further, the BAM theory explains the attractions and the drawbacks of major, rival theories in the epistemological debate, such as foundationalism, coherentism and internalism, externalism. The upshot of the critical discussion could be seen as an ecumenical theory of knowledge.

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