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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Main Author: Hunt, Lynn 1945- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY London W. W. Norton & Company 2008
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)
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. -
Item Description:Literaturangaben
ISBN:0393331997