The Sacredness of the Person : A New Genealogy of Human Rights
Hans. Joas
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Washington : : Georgetown University Press, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (230 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 THE CHARISMA OF REASON: The Genesis of Human Rights; Chapter 2 PUNISHMENT AND RESPECT: The Sacralization of the Person and the Forces Threatening It; Chapter 3 VIOLENCE AND HUMAN DIGNITY: How Experiences Become Rights; Chapter 4 NEITHER KANT NOR NIETZSCHE: What Is Affirmative Genealogy?; Chapter 5 SOUL AND GIFT: The Human Being as Image and Child of God; Chapter 6 VALUE GENERALIZATION: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Plurality of Cultures; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W. - What are the origins of the idea of human rights and universal human dignity? How can we most fully understand -- and realize -- these rights going into the future? In The Sacredness of the Person , internationally renowned sociologist and social theorist Hans Joas tells a story that differs from conventional narratives by tracing the concept of human rights back to the Judeo-Christian tradition or, alternately, to the secular French Enlightenment. While drawing on sociologists such as Émile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Ernst Troeltsch, Joas sets out a new path, proposing an affirmative genealogy
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| ISBN | 9781589019690
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