The Language of Human Rights in West Germany.
Title:
The Language of Human Rights in West Germany.
Author:
Wildenthal, Lora.
ISBN:
9780812207293
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Series:
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Contents:
Cover -- The Language of Human Rights in West Germany -- PENNSYLVANIA STUDIES IN HUMAN RIGHTS -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Human Rights Activism in Occupied and Early West Germany: The Case of the German League for Human Rights -- 2. Rudolf Laun and "German Human Rights" in Occupied and Early West Germany -- 3. Human Rights Activism as Domestic Politics: The International League for Human Rights, West German Amnesty, and the Humanist Union Confront Adenauer's West Germany -- 4. "German Human Rights" Enter the Mainstream: The Case of Otto Kimminich -- 5. Human Rights for Women across Cultural Lines: Terre des Femmes -- Conclusion -- A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
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. Lora Wildenthal demonstrates that human rights comprise a political language, best understood in its own domestic and historical context.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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