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The sacredness of the person

Joas, Hans.

The sacredness of the person a new genealogy of human rights / [electronic resource] : Hans Joas ; Alex Skinner, translater. - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (xi, 217 pages )

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

Introduction -- 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.

9781589019706 1589019709


Human rights--Religious aspects.
Human rights--History.


Electronic books.

JC571 / .J5613 2013

323.09