Seeing the Myth in Human Rights

Seeing the Myth in Human Rights
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 9780812248814
ISBN-13 : 0812248813
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Book Synopsis Seeing the Myth in Human Rights by : Jenna Reinbold

Download or read book Seeing the Myth in Human Rights written by Jenna Reinbold and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeing the Myth in Human Rights explores the role of myth in the creation and propagation of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Drawing on records, publications, and speeches from the Declaration's creators as well as current scholarship on human rights, Jenna Reinbold sees the Declaration as an exemplar of modern mythmaking.


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