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

De Baets, Antoon

ISBN 10: 1009547852 / ISBN 13: 9781009547857

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Human Rights View of the Past (Elements in Historical Theory and Practice)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009547852
• ISBN 13: 9781009547857
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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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.