Lora Wildenthal

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The Language of Human Rights in West GermanyHardcover, 14 November 2012

The Language of Human Rights in West Germany
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Part of Series
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Part of Series
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights (Hardcover)
Print Length
288 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Date Published
14 Nov 2012
ISBN-10
0812244486
ISBN-13
9780812244489

Description

Human rights language is abstract and ahistorical because advocates intend human rights to be valid at all times and places. Yet the abstract universality of human rights discourse is a problem for historians, who seek to understand language in a particular time and place. Lora Wildenthal explores the tension between the universal and the historically specific by examining the language of human rights in West Germany between World War II and unification. In the aftermath of Nazism, genocide, and Allied occupation, and amid Cold War and national division, West Germans were especially obliged to confront issues of rights and international law.

The Language of Human Rights in West Germany traces the four most important purposes for which West Germans invoked human rights after World War II. Some human rights organizations and advocates sought to critically examine the Nazi past as a form of basic rights education. Others developed arguments for the rights of Germans--especially expellees--who were victims of the Allies. At the same time, human rights were construed in opposition to communism, especially with regard to East Germany. In the 1970s, several movements emerged to mobilize human rights on behalf of foreigners, both far away and inside West Germany. Wildenthal demonstrates that the language of human rights advocates, no matter how international its focus, can be understood more fully when situated in its domestic political context.

Product Details

Author:
Lora Wildenthal
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
14 November 2012
Dimensions:
23.62 x 16 x 4.32 cm
ISBN-10:
0812244486
ISBN-13:
9780812244489
Language:
English
Location:
Philadelphia
Pages:
288
Weight:
612.35 gm

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