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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Weitz, Eric D. (1953-2021)
Titre(s) : A world divided [Texte imprimé] : the global struggle for human rights in the age of nation-states / Eric D. Weitz
Publication : Princeton (N. J.) : Princeton University Press, copyright [2019]
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xx, 550 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color),
maps ; 25 cm
Collection : Human rights and crimes against humanity
Lien à la collection : Human rights and crimes against humanity
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references p. 511-520 and index
"A global history of human rights in a world of nation-states that grant rights to
some while denying them to others Once dominated by vast empires, the world is now
divided into close to 200 independent countries with laws and constitutions proclaiming
human rights-a transformation that suggests that nations and human rights inevitably
developed together. But the reality is far more problematic, as Eric Weitz shows in
this compelling global history of the fate of human rights in a world of nation-states.
Through vivid histories drawn from virtually every continent, A World Divided describes
how, since the eighteenth century, nationalists have struggled to establish their
own states that grant human rights to some people. At the same time, they have excluded
others through forced assimilation, ethnic cleansing, or even genocide. From Greek
rebels, American settlers, and Brazilian abolitionists in the nineteenth century to
anticolonial Africans and Zionists in the twentieth, nationalists have confronted
a crucial question: Who has the "right to have rights?" A World Divided tells these
stories in colorful accounts focusing on people who were at the center of events.
And it shows that rights are dynamic. Proclaimed originally for propertied white men,
rights were quickly demanded by others, including women, American Indians, and black
slaves. A World Divided also explains the origins of many of today's crises, from
the existence of more than 65 million refugees and migrants worldwide to the growth
of right-wing nationalism. The book argues that only the continual advance of international
human rights will move us beyond the quandary of a world divided between those who
have rights and those who don't."
Sujet(s) : Droits de l'homme (droit international) -- Histoire
Droits de l'homme (droit international) -- Coopération internationale -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
323.09 (23e éd.) = Droits civils et politiques - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 069114544X. - ISBN 9780691145440. - ISBN 9780691185552. - ISBN 0691185557
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb473119226
Notice n° :
FRBNF47311922
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Empires and rulers, the eighteenth century and beyond ; Greece, leaving the empire
; America, Indian removals in the North Country ; Brazil, slavery and emancipation
; Armenians and Jews, the creation of minorities ; Namibia, the rights of whites
; Korea, Colonial legacies and human rights in a divided country ; he Soviet Union,
Communism and the birth of the modern human rights movement ; Palestine and Israel,
trauma and triumph ; Rwanda and Burundi, decolonization and the power of race ;
Nation-states and human rights, the twenty-first century and beyond.
