LEADER 04393nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910808116803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89889-6 010 $a0-8122-0729-7 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812207293 035 $a(CKB)2550000000707691 035 $a(OCoLC)822017753 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642219 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000787091 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11440545 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000787091 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10813246 035 $a(PQKB)11121683 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19138 035 $a(DE-B1597)449633 035 $a(OCoLC)979623329 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812207293 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441884 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642219 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421139 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441884 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000707691 100 $a20120501d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe language of human rights in West Germany /$fLora Wildenthal 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 225 0 $aPennsylvania Studies in Human Rights 225 0$aPennsylvania studies in human rights 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-4448-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1. Human Rights Activism in Occupied and Early West Germany: The Case of the German League for Human Rights --$t2. Rudolf Laun and "German Human Rights" in Occupied and Early West Germany --$t3. Human Rights Activism as Domestic Politics: The International League for Human Rights, West German Amnesty, and the Humanist Union Confront Adenauer's West Germany --$t4. "German Human Rights" Enter the Mainstream: The Case of Otto Kimminich --$t5. Human Rights for Women across Cultural Lines: Terre des Femmes --$tConclusion --$tA Note on Sources --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aHuman rights language is abstract and a historical because advocates intend human rights to be valid at all times and places. Yet the abstract universality of human rights discourse is a problem for historians, who seek to understand language in a particular time and place. Lora Wildenthal explores the tension between the universal and the historically specific by examining the language of human rights in West Germany between World War II and unification. In the aftermath of Nazism, genocide, and Allied occupation, and amid Cold War and national division, West Germans were especially obliged to confront issues of rights and international law. The Language of Human Rights in West Germany traces the four most important purposes for which West Germans invoked human rights after World War II. Some human rights organizations and advocates sought to critically examine the Nazi past as a form of basic rights education. Others developed arguments for the rights of Germans-especially expellees-who were victims of the Allies. At the same time, human rights were construed in opposition to communism, especially with regard to East Germany. In the 1970's, several movements emerged to mobilize human rights on behalf of foreigners, both far away and inside West Germany. Wildenthal demonstrates that the language of human rights advocates, no matter how international its focus, can be understood more fully when situated in its domestic political context. 410 0$aPennsylvania studies in human rights. 606 $aHuman rights advocacy$zGermany (West)$xHistory 606 $aHuman rights$zGermany (West) 606 $aGerman language$xPolitical aspects$zGermany (West)$xHistory 610 $aEuropean History. 610 $aHuman Rights. 610 $aLaw. 610 $aPolitical Science. 610 $aWorld History. 615 0$aHuman rights advocacy$xHistory. 615 0$aHuman rights 615 0$aGerman language$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 676 $a323.01/4 700 $aWildenthal$b Lora$f1965-$01713157 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808116803321 996 $aThe language of human rights in West Germany$94105899 997 $aUNINA