Human Rights and Memory

Memories of historical events like the Holocaust have played a key role in the internationalization of human rights. Their importance lies in their ability to bridge the universal and the particular--the universality of human values and the particularity of memories rooted in local human experiences. In Human Rights and Memory, Levy and Sznaider trace the growth of human rights discourse since World War II and interpret its deployment of memories as a new form of cosmopolitanism, exemplifying a dynamic through which global concerns become part of local experiences, and vice versa.

Info autore

Daniel Levy is Associate Professor of Sociology at Stony Brook University.Natan Sznaider is Professor of Sociology in the School of Behavioral Sciences at the Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo, Israel.

Riassunto

Examines the foundations of human rights, how their political and cultural validation in a global context is posing challenges to nation-state sovereignty, and how they become an integral part of international relations and are institutionalized into domestic legal and political practices.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Daniel Levy, Daniel (SUNY Stony Brook) Levy, Levy Daniel, Natan (Professor of Sociology Sznaider, Sznaider Natan
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 23.07.2010
• EAN: 9780271037387
• ISBN: 978-0-271-03738-7
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 216 mm x 20 mm
• Peso: 426 g
• Illustrazioni: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Serie: Essays on Human Rights
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Sociology, Linguistics, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Society & culture: general, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Human Rights;Cosmopolitanism;Sovereignty;Memory;