The Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights - Rilegato

Sternberg, Rachel Hall

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ISBN 10: 1477322914 ISBN 13: 9781477322918

Casa editrice: Univ of Texas Pr, 2021

Riassunto

Although 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. The Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights 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 precedents for 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.

Merging the history of ideas with cultural history, Sternberg examines literary themes upholding empathy and human dignity from Thucydides’ and Xenophon’s histories to Voltaire’s Candide, 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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Texas Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1477322914
• ISBN 13: 9781477322918
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 176
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile