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| Other authors / contributors: | Hoffmann, Stefan-Ludwig, editor.
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| ISBN: | 9780511928376
0511928378
9780511933592
0511933592
9780511921667
0511921667
1282930850
9781282930858
9780521194266
0521194261
9780521142571
0521142571
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "Has there always been an inalienable 'right to have rights' as part of the human condition, as Hannah Arendt famously argued? The contributions to this volume examine how human rights came to define the bounds of universal morality in the course of the political crises and conflicts of the twentieth century. Although human rights are often viewed as a self-evident outcome of this history, the essays collected here make clear that human rights are a relatively recent invention that emerged in contingent and contradictory ways. Focusing on specific instances of their assertion or violation during the past century, this volume analyzes the place of human rights in various arenas of global politics, providing an alternative framework for understanding the political and legal dilemmas that these conflicts presented. In doing so, this volume captures the state of the art in a field that historians have only recently begun to explore"--Provided by publisher.
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| Other form: | Print version: Human rights in the twentieth century. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9780521194266
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| Standard no.: | 9786612930850
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