Contents: Preface -- 1. On the genealogy of morals -- 2. The suprising origins of human dignity -- 3. Spectacular wrongs: on humanitarian intervention -- 4. Of deserts and promised lands: on international courts -- 5. Human rights in history -- 6. The intersection with Holocaust memory -- 7. Torture and taboo -- 8. Soft sells: on liberal internationalism -- Epilogue: The future of human rights.
245 10 ^aHuman rights and the uses of history /^cSamuel Moyn
250 ^a2nd ed.
260 ^aLondon :^bVerso, ^c2017.
300 ^axx, 155 p. ;^c20 cm.
505 0 ^aPreface --^t1. On the genealogy of morals --^t2. The suprising origins of human dignity --^t3. Spectacular wrongs: on humanitarian intervention --^t4. Of deserts and promised lands: on international courts --^t5. Human rights in history --^t6. The intersection with Holocaust memory --^t7. Torture and taboo --^t8. Soft sells: on liberal internationalism --^tEpilogue: The future of human rights.