Inventing Human Rights: A History by Lynn Hunt Paperback Book

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Author: Lynn Hunt

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: Apr 2008

Genre: Political Science - Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights

Retail Price: $16.95

Pages: 272

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'A tour de force.'—Gordon S. Wood, New York Times Book Review

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 far and wide. Hunt also shows the continued relevance of human rights in today's world.

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