The Sacredness of the Person: A New Genealogy of Human Rights

by Hans Joas

What are the origins of the idea of human rights and universal human dignity? How can we most fully understand-and realize-these rights going into the future? In The Sacredness of the Person, internationally renowned sociologist and social theorist Hans Joas tells a story that differs from conventional narratives by tracing the concept of human rights back to the Judeo-Christian tradition or, alternately, to the secular French Enlightenment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589019695
• ISBN13: 9781589019690
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"