Hunt, Lynn, 1945-.
Inventing human rights : a history / Lynn Hunt. - 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.
9780393331998 (pbk)
2006027599
Human rights--History.
Human rights in literature.
Torture--History.
JC585 / .H89 2007
323.09
Inventing human rights : a history / Lynn Hunt. - 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.
9780393331998 (pbk)
2006027599
Human rights--History.
Human rights in literature.
Torture--History.
JC585 / .H89 2007
323.09