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Inventing Human Rights: A History

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How were human rights invented, and how does their tumultuous history influence their perception and our ability to protect them today? From Professor Lynn Hunt comes this extraordinary cultural and intellectual history, which traces the roots of human rights to the rejection of torture as a means for finding the truth. She demonstrates how ideas of human relationships portrayed in novels and art helped spread these new ideals and how human rights continue to be contested today.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: April 17, 2008

ISBN: 0393331997

ISBN 13: 9780393331998

Inventing Human Rights: A History

3.6/5 ( ratings)

How were human rights invented, and how does their tumultuous history influence their perception and our ability to protect them today? From Professor Lynn Hunt comes this extraordinary cultural and intellectual history, which traces the roots of human rights to the rejection of torture as a means for finding the truth. She demonstrates how ideas of human relationships portrayed in novels and art helped spread these new ideals and how human rights continue to be contested today.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: April 17, 2008

ISBN: 0393331997

ISBN 13: 9780393331998

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