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  • Inventing Human Rights: A History

    A History

    par Lynn Hunt ...
    “A tour de force.”—Gordon S. Wood, New York Times Book ReviewHow were human rights invented, and how does their tumultuous history influence their perception and our ability to protect them today? From Professor Lynn Hunt comes this extraordinary cultural and intellectual history, which traces the roots of human rights to the rejection of torture as a means for finding the truth. She demonstrates ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • History

    Why It Matters

    par Lynn Hunt ...
    Collections series Why It Matters
    We justify our actions in the present through our understanding of the past. But we live in a time when politicians lie brazenly about historical facts and meddle with the content of history books, while media differ wildly in their reporting of the same event. Frequently, new discoveries force us to re-evaluate everything we thought we knew about the past.So how can any certainty about history be ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Revolutionary Self

    Social Change and the Emergence of the Modern Individual, 1770-1800

    par Lynn Hunt ...
    An illuminating exploration of the tensions between self and society in the age of revolutions.Since the eighteenth century, one of the defining concerns of modern life has been the tension between the self and society: we believe in a person’s autonomy, but we also acknowledge that people are shaped by social and cultural forces. The Revolutionary Self delves into this paradox, turning to the ... En savoir plus

    $35.99 CAD

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

  • La escritura de la historia en la era global

    par Lynn Hunt ...
    Traduit par Bibiana Erustes Camps ...
    Collections Livre 200 - Història
    La historia siempre se escribe desde un punto de vista, pero este va cambiando con el tiempo y, en ocasiones, lo hace radicalmente. La historia de los trabajadores, las mujeres y las minorías desafió el dominio una vez incuestionable de los relatos de grandes líderes y victorias militares. Después, los estudios culturales trajeron nuevas perspectivas, pero estas también corrieron igual suerte. Con ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Telling the Truth about History

    par Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt, Margaret Jacob ...
    "A fascinating historiographical essay. . . . An unusually lucid and inclusive explication of what it ultimately at stake in the culture wars over the nature, goals, and efficacy of history as a discipline."—Booklist ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • Writing History in the Global Era

    par Lynn Hunt ...
    Leading historian Lynn Hunt rethinks why history matters in today’s global world and how it should be written.Globalization is emerging as a major economic, cultural, and political force. In Writing History in the Global Era, historian Lynn Hunt examines whether globalization can reinvigorate the telling of history. She looks toward scholars from the East and West collaborating in new ways as they ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • The French Revolution and Napoleon

    Crucible of the Modern World

    par Professor Emeritus Lynn Hunt, Jack R. Censer ...
    In this book Lynn Hunt and Jack R. Censer lucidly trace events from 1789 until the fall of Napoleon, stressing the global dimensions of the French Revolution and offering balanced coverage of both its causes and outcomes. In doing so, Hunt and Censer reaffirm its huge significance for the modern political world in the process.Hunt and Censer give due attention to global competition, fiscal crisis, ... En savoir plus

    $39.99 CAD

  • Family Romance of the French Revolution

    par Lynn Hunt ...
    This latest work from an author known for her contributions to the new cultural history is a daring, multidisciplinary investigation of the imaginative foundations of modern politics. Hunt uses the term `Family Romance', (coined by Freud to describe the fantasy of being freed from one's family and belonging to one of higher social standing), in a broader sense, to describe the images of the ... En savoir plus

    $94.99 CAD

  • The Global Age of Revolutions

    A History from 1650 to Today

    par Denise Z. Davidson, Katlyn Marie Carter, Dan Edelstein, Beatrice A. de Graaf, Miguel Abram La Serna, Christy L. Pichichero, Lynn Hunt, Andrew WM Smith, Noah Shusterman, Erin Zavitz, William A. Booth, Nagmeh Sohrabi, Gideon Fujiwara, Bronwen Everill, Professor Laurent M. Dubois, PhD, Junko Thérèse Takeda, Kate Fullagar ...
    Collections series The Revolutionary Age
    Redrawing the map and resetting the clock of the Age of RevolutionsIn 2015, Bryan Banks and Cindy Ermus launched Age of Revolutions, a website offering critical reconsideration of the foundational concept of revolution and centered on three key questions: What was the Age of Revolutions? Where was the Age of Revolutions? And are we still living in an Age of Revolutions? This collection represents ... En savoir plus

    $35.99 CAD

  • The Invention of Pornography

    Obscenity and the Origins of Modernity, 1500–1800

    par Lynn Hunt ...
    In this groundbreaking collection of essays, historians and literary theorists examine how, between 1500 and 1800, pornography emerged as a literary practice and a category of knowledge intimately linked to the formative moments of Western modernity and the democratization of culture. The first modern writers and engravers of pornography were part of the demimonde of heretics, freethinkers, and ... En savoir plus

    $29.99 CAD

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    The Revolutionary Self

    Social Change and the Emergence of the Modern Individual 1770-1800

    par Lynn Hunt ...
    Lu par Kate Udall ...

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    6 heure 10 min

    An illuminating exploration of the tensions between self and society in the age of revolutions.The eighteenth century was a time of cultural friction: individuals began to assert greater independence and there was a new emphasis on social equality. In this surprising history, Lynn Hunt examines women's expanding societal roles, such as using tea to facilitate conversation between the sexes in ... En savoir plus

    $28.84 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

    Aussi disponible en : eBook

    Aussi disponible en : eBook

  • The French Revolution and Napoleon

    Crucible of the Modern World

    par Jack R. Censer, Professor Emeritus Lynn Hunt ...
    Lynn Hunt and Jack R. Censer's The French Revolution and Napoleon provides a globally-oriented narrative history of events from 1789 until the fall of Napoleon. It emphasizes the global origins and consequences of the French Revolution and explains why it is the formative event for modern politics.The book integrates global competition, fiscal crisis, slavery and the beginnings of nationalism with ... En savoir plus

    $39.99 CAD