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Inventing human rights : a history / Lynn Hunt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; London : W. W. Norton, 2008.Description: 272 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780393331998 (pbk.)
  • 0393331997 (pbk.)
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Contents:
"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.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks JC585.H89 2007 1 Available 33710001238596

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.