A Human Rights View of the Past
A Human Rights View of the Past
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 human rights logic? In tackling these questions, the book 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 from a human rights view of the past to historical theory and practice are highlighted.
Product details
January 2025Paperback
9781009345941
80 pages
229 × 152 × 4 mm
0.133kg
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. A human rights view of the past
- 2. A human rights view of time intermezzo: the international freedom of expression framework
- 3. A human rights view of memory
- 4. A human rights view of history
- General Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Biographical Note.
