Inventing human rights :
Hunt, Lynn Avery.
Inventing human rights : A history / Lynn Hunt. - New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2007. - 272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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.
9780393060959 (hardcover) 0393060950 (hardcover) 9780393331998
2006027599
Human rights--History.
Human rights in literature.
Torture--History.
JC585 / .H89 2007
323.09 / HUN
Inventing human rights : A history / Lynn Hunt. - New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2007. - 272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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.
9780393060959 (hardcover) 0393060950 (hardcover) 9780393331998
2006027599
Human rights--History.
Human rights in literature.
Torture--History.
JC585 / .H89 2007
323.09 / HUN