Inventing human rights : a history - Hunt, Lynn, 1945- (New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2007)
"Torrents of emotion" : reading novels and imagining equality -- "Bone of their bone" : abolishing torture -- "They have set a great example" : declaring rights -- "There will be no end of it" : the consequences of declaring -- "The soft power of humanity" : why human rights failed, only to succeed in the long run.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-260) and index.
Keywords: Human rights -- History; Human rights in literature; Torture -- History