Inventing human rights: a history
"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...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY London
W. W. Norton & Company
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| 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: | First published as a Norton paperback |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Human rights
/ Human rights
/ History
B Human rights / History |
| Further subjects: | B
Human Rights
History
B Human rights in literature B Torture History |
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| Summary: | "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. - |
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| Item Description: | Literaturangaben |
| ISBN: | 0393331997 |