Human rights in the twentieth century

The Resource Human rights in the twentieth century

Label

Human rights in the twentieth century

Statement of responsibility

edited by Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann

Language

eng

Summary

"Has there always been an inalienable 'right to have rights' as part of the human condition, as Hannah Arendt famously argued? The contributions to this volume examine how human rights came to define the bounds of universal morality in the course of the political crises and conflicts of the twentieth century. Although human rights are often viewed as a self-evident outcome of this history, the essays collected here make clear that human rights are a relatively recent invention that emerged in contingent and contradictory ways. Focusing on specific instances of their assertion or violation during the past century, this volume analyzes the place of human rights in various arenas of global politics, providing an alternative framework for understanding the political and legal dilemmas that these conflicts presented. In doing so, this volume captures the state of the art in a field that historians have only recently begun to explore"--Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

323.09/04

Index

index present

LC call number

JC571

LC item number

.H76962 2011

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

Series statement

Human rights in history

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