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 co...

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Beteiligte: Joas, Hans 1948- (BeteiligteR)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C Georgetown University Press c2013
In:Jahr: 2013
Rezensionen:Human worth: intrinsic, divinely conferred, or contingent value commitment? (2015) (Weaver, Darlene Fozard)
weitere Schlagwörter:B POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; Human Rights
B Electronic books History
B Human Rights History
B POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; Civil Rights
B Human rights ; Religious aspects
B RELIGION ; Christian Theology ; Ethics
B Human Rights
B Human Rights Religious aspects
B Electronic books
B History
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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:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
ISBN:1589019709