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Lynn Hunt
Birth date: November 16, 1945
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A Man With An Agenda
A Man With An Agenda rated it 13 years ago
Concise and accessible, Lynn Hunt's 'Inventing Human Rights' presents a good history of the ideas of human rights as they emerged in the Enlightenment.I liked her first chapter best, where she focuses on Richardson's 'Pamela' and 'Clarissa' and Rousseau's 'Julie' and argues that their ability to pro...
Allusion is not Illusion
Allusion is not Illusion rated it 16 years ago
This book is very much a response to the modern incarnation of the historical discipline and its overwhelming doubt concerning the value of truth, knowledge, and historical narrative. As the authors state, it addresses the current controversies about objective knowledge, cultural diversity, and the ...
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