Inventing human rights : a history / Lynn Hunt.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York ; London : W. W. Norton, 2008.Description: 272 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780393331998 (pbk.)
- 0393331997 (pbk.)
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Originally published: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references 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.