{"product_id":"the-ancient-greek-roots-of-rachel-hall-sternberg-9781477322918","title":"The Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2022 PROSE Award Finalist in Classics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the era of the Enlightenment witnessed the rise of philosophical debates around benevolent social practice, the origins of European humane discourse date further back, to Classical Athens. \u003ci\u003eThe Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the parallel confluences of cultural factors facing ancient Greeks and eighteenth-century Europeans that facilitated the creation and transmission of humane values across history. Rachel Hall Sternberg argues that precursors to the concept of human rights exist in the ancient articulation of emotion, though the ancient Greeks, much like eighteenth-century European societies, often failed to live up to those values.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMerging the history of ideas with cultural history, Sternberg examines literary themes upholding empathy and human dignity from Thucydides's and Xenophon's histories to Voltaire's \u003ci\u003eCandide\u003c\/i\u003e, and from Greek tragic drama to the eighteenth-century novel. She describes shared impacts of the trauma of war, the appeal to reason, and the public acceptance of emotion that encouraged the birth and rebirth of humane values.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Hall Sternberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477322914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477322918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Rachel Hall Sternberg","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043419123967,"sku":"9781477322918","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4438d22c-99b4-4a07-89f7-4258c4d98ff3.jpg?v=1684967038","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ancient-greek-roots-of-rachel-hall-sternberg-9781477322918","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}