A Human Rights View of the Past (Elements in Historical Theory and Practice) - Hardcover

De Baets, Antoon

 
9781009547857: A Human Rights View of the Past (Elements in Historical Theory and Practice)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1009547852 ISBN 13: 9781009547857
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2025

Synopsis

The idea of human rights has been much criticized from a historical perspective but curiously enough its theoretical and practical contributions to the study of time, memory, and history have never been systematically explored. How is it to look at the past from a human rights perspective? How can historical writing benefit from applying a human rights logic? In tackling these questions, the Element first clarifies what a human rights view of the past is. The constituent dimensions of the past – time, memory, and history – are then reviewed, indicating what a human rights perspective can add to the study of each. Finally, the benefits accruing froma human rights view of the past to historical theory and practice are highlighted.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1009547852
ISBN 13 
9781009547857
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
80

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