The sacredness of the person : a new genealogy of human rights / Hans Joas ; Alex Skinner, translator.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joas, Hans, 1948- author.

Contributor:

Skinner, Alex, translator.

Standardized Title:

Sakralität der Person. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Human rights--History.

Human rights.

History.

Human rights--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

xi, 219 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2013.

Contents:

The charisma of reason : the genesis of human rights

Punishment and respect : the sacralization of the person and the forces threatening it

Violence and human dignity : how experiences become rights

Neither Kant nor Nietzsche : what is affirmative genealogy?

Soul and gift : the human being as image and child of God

Value generalization : the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the plurality of cultures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index.

ISBN:

9781589019690

1589019695

OCLC:

812791707