The sacredness of the person: a new genealogy of human rights

What are the origins of the idea of human rights and universal human dignity? How can we most fully understand -- and realize -- these rights going into the future? In The Sacredness of the Person , internationally renowned sociologist and social theorist Hans Joas tells a story that differs from co...

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Contributors: Joas, Hans 1948- (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Washington, D.C Georgetown University Press c2013
In:Year: 2013
Reviews:Human worth: intrinsic, divinely conferred, or contingent value commitment? (2015) (Weaver, Darlene Fozard)
Further subjects:B POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; Human Rights
B Electronic books History
B Human Rights History
B POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; Civil Rights
B Human rights ; Religious aspects
B RELIGION ; Christian Theology ; Ethics
B Human Rights
B Human Rights Religious aspects
B Electronic books
B History
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