Human rights and memory
By: Daniel Levy and Natan Sznaider
Contributors: Sznaider, Natan, 1954-
Series: Essays on human rights; Essays on human rights
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9780271037387
Subjects: Human rights; Social aspects; International relations; History
Description: "Examines the foundations of human rights, how their political and cultural validation in a global context is posing challenges to nation-state sovereignty, and how they become an integral part of international relations and are institutionalized into domestic legal and political practices"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-171) and index.
Table of contents: title: The ubiquity of human rights in a cosmopolitan age; title: Sociology and human rights; title: Sovereignty and human rights : the Hobbesian challenge; title: International law and the formation of nation-states; title: From minority to human : the changing face of rights; title: The Cold War period : more than one universalism; title: The post-Cold War period : globalization and the cosmopolitan turn; title: Human rights and the clash of memories : the politics of forgiveness; title: East meets West : Europe and its others; title: Human rights and sovereignty after 9/11.