Human rights in world history / / Peter N. Stearns

• Autore: Stearns Peter N.
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.09
• Soggetto topico: Human rights; World politics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Human rights in world history
• ISBN: 1-280-66229-8; 9786613639226; 0-203-11995-9; 1-136-31813-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462322003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Themes in world history.