| Description |
272 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portrait ; 22 cm |
| 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 |
| Summary |
In this work of cultural and intellectual history, Lynn Hunt grounds the creation of human rights in the changes that authors brought to literature, the rejection of torture as a means of finding out truth and the spread of empathy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Human rights -- History.
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Human rights in literature.
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Torture -- History.
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| LC no. |
2006027599 |
| ISBN |
9780393060959 hardcover |
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0393060950 hardcover |
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