A Human Rights View of the Past (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781009547857)

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.

Author: Antoon de Baets
ISBN-10: 1009547852
ISBN-13: 9781009547857
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/16/2025
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d