Inventing Human Rights: A History

Inventing Human Rights: A History
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9780393069723
ISBN-13 : 0393069729
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Book Synopsis Inventing Human Rights: A History by : Lynn Hunt

Download or read book Inventing Human Rights: A History written by Lynn Hunt and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-04-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A tour de force.”—Gordon S. Wood, New York Times Book Review 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.


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