In this Book
- Human Rights and Memory
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Penn State University Press
- Series: Essays on Human Rights
summary
Memories of historical events like the Holocaust have played a key role in the internationalization of human rights. Their importance lies in their ability to bridge the universal and the particular—the universality of human values and the particularity of memories rooted in local human experiences. In Human Rights and Memory, Levy and Sznaider trace the growth of human rights discourse since World War II and interpret its deployment of memories as a new form of cosmopolitanism, exemplifying a dynamic through which global concerns become part of local experiences, and vice versa.
Table of Contents
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- Front Cover
- pp. 1-3
- Title Page
- p. 4
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- 2. Sociology and Human Rights
- pp. 24-44
- 9. East Meets West: Europe and Its Others
- pp. 122-141
- 10. Human Rights and Sovereignty After 9/11
- pp. 142-152
- References
- pp. 157-172
- Back Cover
- p. 190
Additional Information
ISBN
9780271076027
MARC Record
OCLC
779849918
Pages
192
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No