The history of human rights : from ancient times to the globalization era / Micheline R. Ishay.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.Description: ix, 450 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0520234960 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0520234979 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.09 21 Is3hi
LOC classification:
  • JC571 .I73 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : the definition, the argument, and six historical controversies -- Early ethical contributions to human rights -- Human rights and the Enlightenment : the development of a liberal and secular perspective on human rights -- Human rights and the Industrial Age : the development of a Socialist perspective on human rights -- The World Wars : the institutionalization of international rights and the right to self-determination -- Globalization and its impact on human rights -- Promoting human rights in the twenty-first century : the changing arena of struggle -- Appendix A: a chronology of events and writings related to human rights.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-430) and index.

Introduction : the definition, the argument, and six historical controversies -- Early ethical contributions to human rights -- Human rights and the Enlightenment : the development of a liberal and secular perspective on human rights -- Human rights and the Industrial Age : the development of a Socialist perspective on human rights -- The World Wars : the institutionalization of international rights and the right to self-determination -- Globalization and its impact on human rights -- Promoting human rights in the twenty-first century : the changing arena of struggle -- Appendix A: a chronology of events and writings related to human rights.

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