Human rights and memory /

Human rights and memory /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Levy, Daniel, 1962-
Imprint:	University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2010.
Description:	x, 177 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Essays on human rights Essays on human rights.
Subject:	Human rights -- History. Human rights -- Social aspects. International relations -- History. Human rights. Human rights -- Social aspects. International relations. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8136431

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Other authors / contributors:	Sznaider, Natan, 1954-
ISBN:	9780271037387 (cloth : alk. paper) 0271037385 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgment
1. The Ubiquity of Human Rights in a Cosmopolitan Age
2. Sociology and Human Rights
3. Sovereignty and Human Rights: The Hobbesian Challenge
4. International Law and the Formation of Nation-States
5. From Minority to Human: The Changing Face of Rights
6. The Cold War Period: More Than One Universalism
7. The Post-Cold War Period: Globalization and the Cosmopolitan Turn
8. Human Rights and the Clash of Memories: The Politics of Forgiveness
9. East Meets West: Europe and Its Others
10. A Sociology of Human Rights and Sovereignty After 9/11
Notes
References
Index