The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era
ISBN: 9780520256415 | 0520256417
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Univ of California Pr
Pub. Date: 6/2/2008
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Micheline Ishay recounts the dramatic struggle for human rights across the ages in a book that brilliantly synthesizes historical and intellectual developments from the Mesopotamian Codes of Hammurabi to today's era of globalization. As she chronicles the clash of social movements, ideas, and armies that have played a part in this struggle, Ishay illustrates how the history of human rights has evolved from one era to the next through texts, cultural traditions, and creative expression. Writing with verve and extraordinary range, she develops a ... MORE
| Preface to the 2008 Edition | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xxiii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Definition, the Argument, and Six Historical Controversies | p. 3 |
| Structure | p. 14 |
| Early Ethical Contributions to Human Rights | p. 15 |
| Religious and Secular Notions of Universalism | p. 18 |
| Liberty: The Origins of Tolerance | p. 27 |
| Equality: Early Notions of Econo... MORE | p. 35 |
| How to Promote Justice? | p. 40 |
| Fraternity, or Human Rights for Whom? | p. 47 |
| Human Rights and the Enlightenment: The Development of a Liberal and Secular Perspective on Human Rights | p. 63 |
| From Ancient Civilizations to the Rise of the West | p. 66 |
| Freedom of Religion and Opinion | p. 75 |
| The Right to Life | p. 84 |
| The Right to Private Property | p. 91 |
| The State and Just-War Theory | p. 99 |
| Human Rights for Whom? | p. 107 |
| Human Rights and the Industrial Age: The Development of a Socialist Perspective on Human Rights | p. 117 |
| The Industrial Age | p. 120 |
| Challenging the Liberal Vision of Rights | p. 127 |
| Universal Suffrage, Economic and Social Rights | p. 135 |
| Challenging Capitalism and the State | p. 145 |
| Human Rights for Whom? | p. 155 |
| The World Wars: The Institutionalization of International Rights and the Right to Self-Determination | p. 173 |
| The End of Empires | p. 175 |
| The Right to Self-Determination | p. 181 |
| Institutionalizing Human Rights | p. 199 |
| Human Rights for Whom? | p. 229 |
| Globalization and Its Impact on Human Rights | p. 245 |
| Globalization and Protest Movements | p. 248 |
| Defining Rights in the Era of Globalization | p. 256 |
| After September 11: Security versus Human Rights | p. 279 |
| Human Rights for Whom? | p. 293 |
| Promoting Human Rights in the Twenty-first Century: The Changing Arena of Struggle | p. 315 |
| Medievalism and the Absence of Civil Society | p. 318 |
| The Emergence of Civil Society during the Enlightenment | p. 324 |
| The Expansion of Civil Society in the Industrial Age | p. 329 |
| The Anti-Colonial Struggle | p. 335 |
| The Globalization of Civil Society? Or an Assault on the Private Realm? | p. 340 |
| A Chronology of Events and Writings Related to Human Rights | p. 357 |
| Notes | p. 369 |
| References | p. 405 |
| Index | p. 431 |
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Micheline R. Ishay is Professor and Director of the International Human Rights Program at the University of Denver
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