Inventing human rights : a history /
Hunt, Lynn Avery.
New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Co.,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-260) and index.
"Torrents of emotion" : reading novels and imagining equality -- "Bone of their bone" : abolishing torture -- "They have set a great example" : declaring rights -- "There will be no end of it" : the consequences of declaring -- "The soft power of humanity" : why human rights failed, only to succeed in the long run.
Human rights
Human rights in literature.
Torture