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Inventing Human Rights by Lynn Hunt
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Inventing Human Rights

A History

Lynn Hunt

WW Norton · 2008-03-25

Inventing Human Rights: A History

Political ScienceHumanRightsCivil

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Who It's For

  • Good for readers who enjoy Political Science / Human Rights
  • Good for readers interested in human
  • Good for fans of History

What You Get

  • Themes: Human, Rights, Civil.
  • Reading lane: Human Rights.
  • Publisher: WW Norton.

About This Book

“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 the...

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“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.