Inventing Human Rights: A History

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 these new ideals and how human rights continue to be contested today.

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9780393331998

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published

April 1, 2008

Pages

272

Weight

8.6 oz

Subject

Political Science