THE SENTIMENTAL BASES OF HUMAN RIGHTS: SYMPATHY, RESENTMENT, AND SOCIAL SUFFERING IN THE MODERN WORLD

Friday, 1 August, 2008 - 14:30

THE SENTIMENTAL BASES OF HUMAN RIGHTS: SYMPATHY, RESENTMENT, AND SOCIAL SUFFERING IN THE MODERN WORLD Three public lectures by Thomas Cushman (Wellesley College) Sympathy and Indifference: The Dialectical Foundations of Human Rights Resentment, Modernity, and Human Rights The Suffering of Strangers: Sociological Reflections on Xenophobia