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BL
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645760
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Die Sakralität der PersonEnglish.
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| Main Entry
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Joas, Hans.
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| Title & Author
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The sacredness of the person : : a new genealogy of human rights /\ Hans Joas ; Alex Skinner, translater.
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xi, 217 pages ;; 21 cm.
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| ISBN
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9781589019690 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 1589019695 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- The charisma of reason -- The genesis of human rights -- Punishment and respect -- The sacralization of the person and the forces threatening it -- Violence and human dignity -- How experiences become rights -- Neither Kant nor Nietzsche -- What is affirmative genealogy? -- Soul and gift -- The human being as image and child of god -- Value generalization -- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the plurality of cultures.
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"Aims to provide an affirmative genealogy of the unviersalism of values," through a history of our discovery of them.
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| Subject
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Human rights-- History.
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Human rights-- Religious aspects.
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| Dewey Classification
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323.09
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| LC Classification
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JC571.J5613 2013
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