Inventing human rights : a history
Hunt, Lynn Avery
Inventing human rights : a history / Lynn Hunt - 1st ed - New York : W.W. Norton & Co. , c2007. - 272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-260) and index.
"Torrents of emotion" : reading novels and imagining equality -- "Bone of their bone" : abolishing torture -- "They have set a great example" : declaring rights -- "There will be no end of it" : the consequences of declaring -- "The soft power of humanity" : why human rights failed, only to succeed in the long run.
9780393060959 (hardcover) 0393060950 (hardcover)
2006027599
Human Rights Movement---History
Human rights in literature
Torture---History
323.09 HUN
Inventing human rights : a history / Lynn Hunt - 1st ed - New York : W.W. Norton & Co. , c2007. - 272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-260) and index.
"Torrents of emotion" : reading novels and imagining equality -- "Bone of their bone" : abolishing torture -- "They have set a great example" : declaring rights -- "There will be no end of it" : the consequences of declaring -- "The soft power of humanity" : why human rights failed, only to succeed in the long run.
9780393060959 (hardcover) 0393060950 (hardcover)
2006027599
Human Rights Movement---History
Human rights in literature
Torture---History
323.09 HUN
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