Christian human rights /
Moyn, Samuel,
Christian human rights / Samuel Moyn. - ix, 248 pages ; 23 cm. - Intellectual history of the modern age . - Intellectual history of the modern age. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The secret history of human dignity -- The human person and the reformulation of conservatism -- The first historian of human rights -- From communist to Muslim : religious freedom and Christian legacies -- Introduction -- Epilogue.
"In Christian Human Rights, Samuel Moyn asserts that the rise of human rights after World War II was prefigured and inspired by a defense of the dignity of the human person that first arose in Christian churches and religious thought in the years just prior to the outbreak of the war....By focusing on the 1930s and 1940s, Moyn demonstrates how the language of human rights was separated from the secular heritage of the French Revolution and put to use by postwar democracies governed by Christian parties, which reinvented them to impose moral constraints on individuals, support conservative family structures, and preserve existing social hierarchies. The book ends with a provocative chapter that traces contemporary European struggles to assimilate Muslim immigrants to the continent's legacy of Christian human rights"--Jacket.
081224818X 9780812248180
2015509122
Since 1945
Human rights.
Christianity and politics.
Christianity and politics.
Human rights.
Politics and government.
Menschenrecht.
Würde.
Christentum.
Europe--Politics and government--1945-
Europe.
Europa.
JC571 / .M862 2015
323
Christian human rights / Samuel Moyn. - ix, 248 pages ; 23 cm. - Intellectual history of the modern age . - Intellectual history of the modern age. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The secret history of human dignity -- The human person and the reformulation of conservatism -- The first historian of human rights -- From communist to Muslim : religious freedom and Christian legacies -- Introduction -- Epilogue.
"In Christian Human Rights, Samuel Moyn asserts that the rise of human rights after World War II was prefigured and inspired by a defense of the dignity of the human person that first arose in Christian churches and religious thought in the years just prior to the outbreak of the war....By focusing on the 1930s and 1940s, Moyn demonstrates how the language of human rights was separated from the secular heritage of the French Revolution and put to use by postwar democracies governed by Christian parties, which reinvented them to impose moral constraints on individuals, support conservative family structures, and preserve existing social hierarchies. The book ends with a provocative chapter that traces contemporary European struggles to assimilate Muslim immigrants to the continent's legacy of Christian human rights"--Jacket.
081224818X 9780812248180
2015509122
Since 1945
Human rights.
Christianity and politics.
Christianity and politics.
Human rights.
Politics and government.
Menschenrecht.
Würde.
Christentum.
Europe--Politics and government--1945-
Europe.
Europa.
JC571 / .M862 2015
323