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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462322003321

Autore

Stearns Peter N.

Titolo

Human rights in world history / / Peter N. Stearns

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-66229-8

9786613639226

0-203-11995-9

1-136-31813-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Themes in world history

Disciplina

323.09

Soggetti

Human rights

World politics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.164-166) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Human Rights in World History; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. The contemporary dilemmas; 2. Human rights in premodern world history; 3. The new push for human rights; 4. Human rights on a world stage: the 19th century and the interwar decades; 5. Human rights and global expansion: surges of growth since 1945; 6. Resistance and response: more globalization, or less; 7. Conclusion: human rights in motion; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Defended by a host of passionate advocates and organizations, certain standard human rights have come to represent a quintessential component of global citizenship. There are, however, a number of societies who dissent from this orthodoxy, either in general or on particular issues, on the basis of political necessity, cultural tradition, or group interest.Human Rights in World History takes a global historical perspective to examine the emergence of this dilemma and its constituent concepts. Beginning with premodern features compatible with a human rights approach, including