Introduction -- Sacred myth, political myth -- The sacred center of human rights -- The sacred and the social -- The legal personality and a new world order -- Conclusion: Making and unmaking political myth.
Summary
This book explores the role of myth in the creation and propagation of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Drawing on records, publications, and speeches from the Declaration's creators as well as current scholarship on human rights, Jenna Reinbold sees the Declaration as an exemplar of modern mythmaking.
