Inventing human rights: a history
In this extraordinary work of cultural and intellectual history, Hunt grounds the creation of human rights in the changes that authors brought to literature, the rejection of torture as a means of finding out truth and the spread of empathy
| Subtitles: | Human rights |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY London
Norton
2007
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| In: | Year: 2007 |
| Reviews: | Book Review: Hunt L. 2007: Inventing human rights — a history. London: WW Norton, 272 pp. GBP15.99 (HB). ISBN: 978 0 393 06095 9 (2008) (Gallagher, Ann)
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| Edition: | 1. ed. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Human rights
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| Further subjects: | B
Menschenrechte
B Literature B Human rights in literature B Torture History B French Revolution B Modern Era B Modern age B Spät B History B Human rights B Human Rights History B late B Human Rights B Torture B Menschenrecht <Motiv> |
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| Summary: | In this extraordinary work of cultural and intellectual history, Hunt grounds the creation of human rights in the changes that authors brought to literature, the rejection of torture as a means of finding out truth and the spread of empathy |
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| Item Description: | "Torrents of emotion" : reading novels and imagining equality -- "Bone of their bone" : abolishing torture -- "They have set a great example" : declaring rights -- "There will be no end of it" : the consequences of declaring -- "The soft power of humanity" : why human rights failed, only to succeed in the long run. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-260) and index. - Formerly CIP |
| ISBN: | 0393331997 |