The history of human rights : from ancient times to the globalization era : with a new preface /

Recounts the dramatic struggle for human rights across the ages, synthesizing historical and intellectual developments from the Mesopotamian Codes of Hammurabi to today's era of globalization. Chronicles the clash of social movements, ideas, and armies that have played a part in this struggle,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ishay, Micheline (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [2008]
Edición:[New edition].
Temas:
Human rights > History.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Human rights
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface to the 2008 Edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction.
  • 1. EARLY ETHICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN RIGHTS
  • Religious and Secular Notions of Universalism
  • Liberty: The Origins of Tolerance
  • Equality: Early Notions of Economic and Social Justice
  • How to Promote Justice?
  • Fraternity, or Human Rights for Whom?
  • 2. HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LIBERAL AND SECULAR PERSPECTIVE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
  • From Ancient Civilizations to the Rise of the West
  • Freedom of Religion and Opinion
  • The Right to Life
  • The Right to Private Property
  • The State and Just-War Theory
  • Human Rights for Whom?
  • 3. HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE INDUSTRIAL AGE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOCIALIST PERSPECTIVE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
  • The Industrial Age
  • Challenging the Liberal Vision of Rights
  • Universal Suffrage, Economic and Social Rights
  • Challenging Capitalism and the State
  • Human Rights for Whom?
  • 4. THE WORLD WARS: THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION
  • The End of Empires
  • The Right to Self-Determination
  • Institutionalizing Human Rights
  • Human Rights for Whom?
  • 5. GLOBALIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON HUMAN RIGHTS
  • Globalization and Protest Movements
  • Defining Rights in the Era of Globalization
  • After September 11: Security versus Human Rights
  • Human Rights for Whom?
  • 6. PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: THE CHANGING ARENA OF STRUGGLE
  • Medievalism and the Absence of Civil Society
  • The Emergence of Civil Society during the Enlightenment
  • The Expansion of Civil Society in the Industrial Age
  • The Anti-Colonial Struggle
  • The Globalization of Civil Society? Or an Assault on the Private Realm?
  • Appendix: A Chronology of Events and Writings Related to Human Rights.

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