The sacredness of the person :: a new genealogy of human rights /

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 con...

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1. Verfasser: Joas, Hans, 1948- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Skinner, Alex (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
German
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2013]
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Zusammenfassung: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 in which human rights are the result of a process of "sacralization" of every human being.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 217 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index.
ISBN:1589019709
9781589019706

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