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Preface to the 2008 Edition | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xxiii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
The Definition, the Argument, and Six Historical Controversies | p. 3 |
Structure | p. 14 |
Early Ethical Contributions to Human Rights | p. 15 |
Religious and Secular Notions of Universalism | p. 18 |
Liberty: The Origins of Tolerance | p. 27 |
Equality: Early Notions of Economic and Social Justice | p. 35 |
How to Promote Justice? | p. 40 |
Fraternity, or Human Rights for Whom? | p. 47 |
Human Rights and the Enlightenment: The Development of a Liberal and Secular Perspective on Human Rights | p. 63 |
From Ancient Civilizations to the Rise of the West | p. 66 |
Freedom of Religion and Opinion | p. 75 |
The Right to Life | p. 84 |
The Right to Private Property | p. 91 |
The State and Just-War Theory | p. 99 |
Human Rights for Whom? | p. 107 |
Human Rights and the Industrial Age: The Development of a Socialist Perspective on Human Rights | p. 117 |
The Industrial Age | p. 120 |
Challenging the Liberal Vision of Rights | p. 127 |
Universal Suffrage, Economic and Social Rights | p. 135 |
Challenging Capitalism and the State | p. 145 |
Human Rights for Whom? | p. 155 |
The World Wars: The Institutionalization of International Rights and the Right to Self-Determination | p. 173 |
The End of Empires | p. 175 |
The Right to Self-Determination | p. 181 |
Institutionalizing Human Rights | p. 199 |
Human Rights for Whom? | p. 229 |
Globalization and Its Impact on Human Rights | p. 245 |
Globalization and Protest Movements | p. 248 |
Defining Rights in the Era of Globalization | p. 256 |
After September 11: Security versus Human Rights | p. 279 |
Human Rights for Whom? | p. 293 |
Promoting Human Rights in the Twenty-first Century: The Changing Arena of Struggle | p. 315 |
Medievalism and the Absence of Civil Society | p. 318 |
The Emergence of Civil Society during the Enlightenment | p. 324 |
The Expansion of Civil Society in the Industrial Age | p. 329 |
The Anti-Colonial Struggle | p. 335 |
The Globalization of Civil Society? Or an Assault on the Private Realm? | p. 340 |
A Chronology of Events and Writings Related to Human Rights | p. 357 |
Notes | p. 369 |
References | p. 405 |
Index | p. 431 |
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