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Cover of "Inventing Human Rights: A History" book published by W. W. Norton & Company, featuring a historical design and title text.

Inventing Human Rights: A History

W. W. Norton & Company
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Description

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.

Author: Lynn Hunt
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/01/2008
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.32h x 5.56w x 0.64d
ISBN13: 9780393331998
ISBN10: 0393331997
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Human Rights
- History | Modern | 18th Century
- Political Science | Civil Rights