| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 175 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
International comparative social studies,
1586-4474 ;
v. 28
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International comparative social studies ; v. 28.
1586-4474
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Knowledge transmission and universality of man in global society -- The other and the paradoxes of universalism -- Religion, human rights, and political conflicts -- Europe : common values and a common identity -- The public sphere and political space -- America and Europe : Carl Schmitt and Alexis de Tocqueville -- Identity and human rights : a glance at Europe from afar -- Human rights, universalism, and cosmopolitanism. |
| Summary |
This book tries to grasp and reconstruct the processes of global unification and the shaping of a common feeling of humanity: the conviction, in different cultural contexts, of the unity of mankind and the existence of inalienable human rights. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Translated from the Italian. |
| Subject |
Human rights and globalization.
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Human rights and globalization. |
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Human rights -- Social aspects.
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Human rights -- Social aspects. |
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Human rights. |
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Human rights -- Philosophy.
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Human rights -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Human rights. |
| Added Author |
D'Auria, Matthew.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cotesta, Vittorio, 1944- Global society and human rights. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2012 (DLC) 2011048133 |
| ISBN |
9789004225633 (e-book) |
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9004225633 (e-book) |
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9004221476 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9789004221475 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9789004221475 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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