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The Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights 2021
The Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights is a 2021 book written by American historian and classical scholar Rachel Hall Sternberg. The book follows the development of humane values, exploring how they originated in Classical Athens and evolved through 18th-century Europe. Sternberg examines literary and historical texts from figures including Thucydides, Xenophon, and Voltaire to argue that early versions of human rights stem from ancient ideas about empathy and human dignity. The book combines the history of ideas with cultural history, showing how war, reason, and emotion shaped humane discourse over time. It was shortlisted for the 2022 PROSE Award in Classics.
Details
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- ISBN
- 9781477322918
- Pages
- 184
- Format
