Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Sacredness of the PersonCondition: NewEAN: 9781589019690ISBN: 9781589019690Publisher: Georgetown University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/19/2013Item Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Weight: 295gAuthor: Hans JoasLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: A New Genealogy of Human RightsISBN-10: 1589019695Description: 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. While drawing on sociologists such as Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Ernst Troeltsch, Joas sets out a new path, proposing an affirmative genealogy in which human rights are the result of a process of "sacralization" of every human being. According to Joas, every single human being has increasingly been viewed as sacred. He discusses the abolition of torture and slavery, once common practice in the pre-18th century west, as two milestones in modern human history. The author concludes by portraying the emergence of the UN Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 as a successful process of value generalization.Joas demonstrates that the history of human rights cannot adequately be described as a history of ideas or as legal history, but as a complex transformation in which diverse cultural traditions had to be articulated, legally codified, and assimilated into practices of everyday life. The sacralization of the person and universal human rights will only be secure in the future, warns Joas, through continued support by institutions and society, vigorous discourse in their defense, and their incarnation in everyday life and practice.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: Law & PoliticsContributor: Hans Joas (Contributions by)Release Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Sacredness of the Person
Title: The Sacredness of the Person
EAN: 9781589019690
ISBN: 9781589019690
Release Date: 02/19/2013
Release Year: 2013
Subtitle: A New Genealogy of Human Rights
ISBN-10: 1589019695
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Law & Politics
Contributor: Hans Joas (Contributions by)
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Name: Sacredness of the Person : a New Genealogy of Human Rights
Language: English
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Subject: Human Rights, General, Christian Theology / Ethics
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 0.4 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 10.4 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Subject Area: Religion, Political Science
Author: Hans Joas
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
