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| Title | : | The Language of Human Rights in West Germany (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.41 (696 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812244486 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-08 |
| Language | : | English |
. Lora Wildenthal is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Rice University, and author of German Women for Empire, 1884-1945
By emphasizing the strategic use of human rights language, Wildenthal helps move us away from a focus on abstract norms, and she not only returns questions of agency to the history of human rights but also puts the question of audience at the center of the analysis. Lora Wildenthal does so with erudition and grace, and she shows us how important it is to situate the human rights movement in specific contexts of time and place. This is a valuable read for anyone interested in human rights and international justice."—Elizabeth Heineman, Iowa University"Wildenthal has written an elegant and thoughtful book that makes several major contributions to the history of both human rights and West Germany. By emphasizing the strategic use of human rights language, Wildenthal helps move us away from a focus on abstract norms, and she not only returns questions of agency to the history of hum
Human rights language is abstract and ahistorical because advocates intend human rights to be valid at all times and places. Others developed arguments for the rights of Germans—especially expellees—who were victims of the Allies. In the 1970s, several movements emerged to mobilize human rights on behalf of foreigners, both far away and inside West Germany. Yet the abstract universality of human rights discourse is a problem for historians, who seek to understand language in a particular time and place. In the aftermath of Nazism, genocide, and Allied occupation, and amid Cold War and national division, West Germans were especially obliged to confront issues of rights and international law.The Language of Human Rights in West Germany traces the four most important purposes for which West Germans invoked human rights after World War II. Wildenthal demonstrates that the language of human rights advocates, no matter how international its focus, can be un
Detailed study of evolution of thought about human rights in Germany Wildentha's deep knowledge of the subject illuminates it for the casual reader. She shows empathy for her subjects and shows how events are treated differntly as time progresses.
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