Inventing human rights : a history / Lynn Hunt.
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TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: 272 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 9780393331998
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| 323.01 STR Natural right and history, | 323.044 HAY Unspeakable truths : transitional justice and the challenge of tr uth commissions / | 323.06 TRU Truth v. justice : the morality of truth commissions / | 323.09 HUN Inventing human rights : a history / | 323.0904 HUM Human rights fifty years on : a reappraisal / | 323.092 CHI Fearless fighter : an autobiography / | 323.0954 SIN Human rights violations and insurgency : a historical perspective / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-260) and index.
"Torrents of emotion" : reading novels and imagining equality -- "Bo ne of their bone" : abolishing torture -- "They have set a great exampl e" : declaring rights -- "There will be no end of it" : the consequence s of declaring -- "The soft power of humanity" : why human rights faile d, only to succeed in the long run.
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