书目名称 | Human Rights Struggles in Twentieth-century France |
副标题 | The League of the Ri |
编辑 | Max Likin |
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概述 | Traces the evolution of human rights issues in France from the beginning of the twentieth century to its end.Provides insights from human rights activists in France and key personalities within the LD |
丛书名称 | Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements |
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描述 | .This book provides an introduction to human rights controversies in twentieth-century France, from the Dreyfus Affair at the beginning of the century, to the arguments over women and immigrants’ rights at its end. Using the Ligue des Droits de L’Homme (LDH) - or the League of the Rights of Man - as a narrative thread for this chronological study, the book tracks the gradual expansion of human rights in France in the wake of the two world wars, the Algerian quagmire and decolonisation more generally. Examining the capital role of the LDH whilst also highlighting the role of individuals and key activists, the book helps us to contextualise the quandaries faced by unseen minorities, particularly colonial subjects and women. The analysis also demonstrates the influence of French human rights activism on key international documents of human rights law, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The LDH occupies a central place in French justice debates and is therefore an ideal template to analyse the rising influence of humanitarianism and crimes against humanity in French causes célèbres from the 1970s onwards. However, the author goes further to look beyond the LDH and even |
出版日期 | Book 2022 |
关键词 | Human rights activism; French history; Justice debates; League of the Rights of Man; Ligue des Doits de |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05198-2 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-05200-2 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-05198-2Series ISSN 2634-6559 Series E-ISSN 2634-6567 |
issn_series | 2634-6559 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |