Hunt, Lynn,    1945- <br/><br/>
Inventing human rights :   a history /  
Lynn Hunt. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :   W.W. Norton & Co.,   c2007. 
 - 272 p. :    ill. ;    22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-260) and index. 
<br/><br/>"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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780393331998 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006-027599 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human rights --History.------<br/>Human rights in literature.--History.------<br/>Torture --------
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>323.09