Inventing Human Rights
A History
Seiten
2008
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-33199-8 (ISBN)
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-33199-8 (ISBN)
“A tour de force.”—Gordon S. Wood, New York Times Book Review
How were human rights invented, and how does their tumultuous history influence their perception and our ability to protect them today? From Professor Lynn Hunt comes this extraordinary cultural and intellectual history, which traces the roots of human rights to the rejection of torture as a means for finding the truth. She demonstrates how ideas of human relationships portrayed in novels and art helped spread these new ideals and how human rights continue to be contested today.
How were human rights invented, and how does their tumultuous history influence their perception and our ability to protect them today? From Professor Lynn Hunt comes this extraordinary cultural and intellectual history, which traces the roots of human rights to the rejection of torture as a means for finding the truth. She demonstrates how ideas of human relationships portrayed in novels and art helped spread these new ideals and how human rights continue to be contested today.
Lynn Hunt is Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA, former president of the American Historical Association, and author of numerous works, including Inventing Human Rights and Telling the Truth about History. She lives in Los Angeles.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.4.2008 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 211 mm |
Gewicht | 211 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 0-393-33199-7 / 0393331997 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-393-33199-8 / 9780393331998 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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