The Human Rights Reader: Major Political Essays, Speeches, and Documents from Ancient Times to the PresentThe second edition of The Human Rights Reader presents a dramatically revised organization and updated selections, including pieces on globalization and the war on terrorism. Each part of the Reader corresponds to five historical phases in the history of human rights and explores for each the arguments, debates, and issues of inclusiveness central to those eras. This edition is the most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of essays, speeches, and documents from historical and contemporary sources, all of which are now placed in context with Micheline Ishay's substantial introduction to the reader as a whole and valuable introductions to each part and chapter. |
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Contents
Preface | |
Historical and Contemporary Controversies1 | |
Secular Asian and Monotheistic Traditions | |
Chapter 1 Liberty Tolerance and Codes of Justice | |
Chapter 2 Social and Economic Justice | |
Chapter 3 Justice War and Peace | |
Chapter 4 Justice for Whom? | |
Part II The Legacy of Liberalism and the Enlightenment | |
Chapter 10 Human Rights for Whom? | |
Part IV The Right to SelfDetermination and the Imperial Age | |
Chapter 11 On the National Question | |
Part V Human Rights in the Era of Globalization | |
Chapter 12 Redefining Rights in the New Millennium | |
Chapter 13 Human Rights for Whom? Cultural and Group Rights versus Universalism | |
Chapter 14 How to Promote Human Rights | |
A Brief Historical Narrative | |
Chapter 5 Liberal Visions of Human Rights | |
Chapter 6 How to Promote a Liberal Conception of Human Rights | |
Chapter 7 Human Rights for Whom? | |
Part III The Socialist Contribution and the Industrial Age | |
Chapter 8 Challenging the Liberal Vision of Rights | |
Chapter 9 How to Promote a Socialist Perspective of Human Rights | |
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| Title | The Human Rights Reader: Major Political Essays, Speeches, and Documents from Ancient Times to the Present |
| Editor | Micheline Ishay |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0415951607, 9780415951609 |
| Length | 559 pages |
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