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
| Autres titres: | Human rights |
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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New York, NY London
Norton
2007
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| Dans: | Année: 2007 |
| Recensions: | 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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| Édition: | 1. ed. |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Droit de l’homme
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Menschenrechte
B Révolution française B Human rights in literature B Torture History B Ère moderne B Modern Era B French Revolution B Spät B Human Rights History B late B Droit de l’homme B Human Rights B Torture B Histoire B Menschenrecht <Motiv> B Littérature |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) Compte rendu |
| Résumé: | 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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| 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 |