# Human Rights and the Uses of History

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- Authors: [Samuel Moyn](https://www.bookquiver.com/samuel-moyn)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-17-8168-900-4
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2017-08-29
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A pithy and readable challenge to the concept of human rightsWhat are the origins of human rights? This question, rarely asked before the end of the Cold War, has in recent years become a major focus of...