Joas, Hans. <br/><br/>
The sacredness of the person  a new genealogy of human rights / 
Hans Joas. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Georgetown University Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (pages cm) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> What are the origins of the idea of human rights and universal human dignity? How can we most fully understand -- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781589019706 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human rights--History.<br/>Human rights--Religious aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC571  / .S237 2013