{"product_id":"inventing-human-rights-9780393331998","title":"Inventing Human Rights","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A tour de force.”—Gordon S. Wood, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Elegant... intriguing, if not audacious... Hunt is an astute historian.\" -- Joanna Bourke - Harper's\u003cbr\u003e\"Fast-paced, provocative, and ultimately optimistic. Declarations, she writes, are not empty words but transformative; they make us want to become the people they claim we are.\" -- The New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\"A provocative and engaging history of the political impact of human rights.\" -- Gary J. Bass - New Republic\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a wonderful story of the emergence and development of the powerful idea of human rights, written by one of the leading historians of our time.\" -- Amartya Sen\u003cbr\u003e\"Rich, elegant, and persuasive.\" -- London Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\"As Americans begin to hold their leaders accountable for the mistakes made in the war against terror, this book ought to serve as a guide to thinking about one of the most serious mistakes of all, the belief that America can win that war by revoking the Declaration that brought the nation into being.\" -- Alan Wolfe - Commonweal","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864543506775,"sku":"9780393331998","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393331998.jpg?v=1722272403","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/inventing-human-rights-9780393331998","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}