Inventing Human Rights - A History (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	April 2008
Authors:	Lynn Hunt
Dimensions:	211 x 138 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-33199-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
LSN:	0-393-33199-7
Barcode:	9780393331998

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