Letters to the Contrary: A Curated History of the UNESCO Human Rights Survey

by Mark Goodale

Book Overview

This remarkable collection of letters reveals the debate over universal human rights. Prominent mid-twentieth-century intellectuals and leaders-including Gandhi, T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Aldous Huxley, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Arnold Schoenberg-engaged with the question of universal human rights. Letters to the Contrary presents the foundation of the intellectual struggles and ideological doubts still present in today's human rights debates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503605345
• ISBN13: 9781503605343
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 9.9"