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Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. A Human Rights View of the Past. Book.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The idea of human rights has been much criticized from a historical perspective but curiously enough its theoretical and practical contributions to the study of time, memory, and history have never been systematically explored. How is it to look at the past from a human rights perspective? How can historical writing benefit from applying human rights logic? In tackling these questions, the book first clarifies what a human rights view of the past is. The constituent dimensions of the past - time, memory, and history - are then reviewed, indicating what a human rights perspective can add to the study of each. Finally, the benefits accruing from a human rights view of the past to historical theory and practice are highlighted.…

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Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 80 pages. 6.00x0.17x9.00 inches. In Stock.

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Condizione: New. pp. 198.

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Condizione: New. pp. 198.

Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The idea of human rights has been much criticized from a historical perspective but curiously enough its theoretical and practical contributions to the study of time, memory, and history have never been systematically explored. How is it to look at the past from a human rights perspective How can historical writing benefit from applying a human rights logic In tackling these questions, the Element first clarifies what a human rights view of the past is. The constituent dimensions of the past - time, memory, and history - are then reviewed, indicating what a human rights perspective can add to the study of each. Finally, the benefits accruing froma human rights view of the past to historical theory and practice are highlighted.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 274 pp. Berghahn, New York, 2009. Hardcover. First edition. No visible traces of usage. Ex lib of the University of Ghent with stickers, stamps and numbers. Otherwise a very good book with clean and unmarked interior.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 2011 British Academy hardcover edition. Light reading wear else very good condition. Contents: 1 'Protests Butter No Parsnips': Lord Beveridge and the Rescue of Refugee Academics from Europe, 1933-1938 by David Zimmerman; 2 A Narrow Margin of Hope: Leo Szilard in the Founding Days of CARA by William Lanouette; 3 From Refugee Assistance to Freedom of Learning: the Strategic Vision of A. V. Hill, 1933-1964 by Paul Weindling; 4 Refugee Scientists in a New Environment by Gustav Born; 5 Max Perutz and the SPSL by Georgina Ferry; 6 Esther Simpson: A Correspondence by Paul Broda; 7 Eva and Esther by Lewis Elton; 8 'Dedicated to Represent the True Spirit of the German Nation in the World': Philipp Schwartz (1894-1977), Founder of the Notgemeinschaft by Gerald Kreft; 9 Organized Rescue Operations in Europe and the United States, 1933-1945 by Tibor Frank; 10 In Defence of Academic Women Refugees: The British Federation of University Women by Susan Cohen; 11 Karl Mannheim and Viola Klein: Refugee Sociologists in Search of Social Democratic Practice by E. Stina Lyon; 12 Austrian Refugee Social Scientists by Christian Fleck; 13 Plutarch's Thesis: The Contribution of Refugee Historians to Historical Writing, 1945-2010 by Antoon de Baets; 14 Within Two Tyrannies: The Soviet Academic Refugees of the Second World War by Marina Yu. Sorokina; 15 Czech Scholars in Exile, 1948-1989 by Antonin Kostlan & Sona Strbanova; 16 'Bending the rules': South African Refugees in the UK, 1960-1980 by Shula Marks; 17 Refugee Academics from Chile: WUS-SPSL Collaboration by Alan Phillips.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Good+. Paperback, xi + 136 pages, NOT ex-library. A gentle crease to the upper outer corner of the front cover and first leaves. Interior is clean, bright, untanned, with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Cover shows small handling marks. -- The "Storia della Storiografia" is an international journal dedicated to the history of historiography. Issue 59-60, published in 2011, encompasses a broad range of articles and reviews that explore the evolution and methodologies of historical writing across different cultures and periods. Primarily in English, the volume offers a rich scholarly dialogue on historiographical practices, theoretical perspectives, and the historiographical contributions of various historians. It serves as a valuable resource for historians, scholars, and students interested in the development and critique of historical narratives. -- Contents: Editorial; -- Articles: -- The Rhetoric of the Incidental in Francisco Manuel de Melo's Guerra de Cataluña / María Victoria Pineda González; The Limits of Representativeness: Biography, Life Writing and Microhistory / Hans Renders & Binne De Haan; -- Thematic Section: -- 1. History and Human Rights -- Introduction / Antoon De Baets; Reflections on Media Self-Regulation: Lessons for Historians / Toby Mendel; Ranke and Files: History and the Military / Floribert Baudet; Public Figures and Their Posthumous Reputation / Bo Zhao; Human Rights, the Cold War and Social Movements: The Story of an Encounter in the 1970s / Hara Kouki; Historical Imprescriptibility / Antoon De Baets; -- 2. What Philosophers of History Can Do with the Self-Images of the Historical Discipline -- Philosophers and the History of Historiography: An Introduction / Davide Bondì; Self-Images of the Historical Profession: Idealized Practices and Myths of Origin / Herman Paul; Who Should Characterize the Nature of History?: The Wrong Question / Eugen Zelenak; Is There Still Room for the "Philosophy of History"? / Davide Bondì; The Presuppositions of Writing the History of Historiography / Jonathan Gorman; Prolegomena to Any Future Philosophy of History That Will Be Able to Present Itself as a Science / Diego Fusaro; -- 3. Fathers of History: Genealogies of the Historical Discipline -- Introduction: Fathers of History / Herman Paul; "Fathers" and Their Fate in Modern European National Historiographies / Stefan Berger; Fathers of History: Metamorphoses of a Metaphor / Herman Paul; The "Good-Enough Mother" of Historical Research: Inventing a Mother of History / Berteke Waaldijk; Neither Father Nor Children but Elective Affinities: Pleas for an All-Inclusive Genealogy of Historiography / Markus Völkel; -- Review Articles: -- Past Polemic: The Use of History in Conservative Thought: A Discussion of Reba Soffer (History, Historians, and Conservatism in Britain and America, 2009) / Luke David O'Sullivan; A proposito di 'imperi' nella storiografia recente / Guido Abbattista; Notes on Contributors.…

Condizione: New. In English.

Condizione: New. In English.

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Hardback. Condizione: New. The idea of human rights has been much criticized from a historical perspective but curiously enough its theoretical and practical contributions to the study of time, memory, and history have never been systematically explored. How is it to look at the past from a human rights perspective? How can historical writing benefit from applying a human rights logic? In tackling these questions, the Element first clarifies what a human rights view of the past is. The constituent dimensions of the past - time, memory, and history - are then reviewed, indicating what a human rights perspective can add to the study of each. Finally, the benefits accruing froma human rights view of the past to historical theory and practice are highlighted.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 672p.

Bound in cloth, gilted. xviii, 694 p. -(In very good condition, no notes or markings.). ISBN 0313311935.