Hans Joas: New Geneology of Human Rights

Hans Joas presents his new German book: Die Sakralität der Person; Eine neue Genealogie der Menschenrechte at the Berkeley Center in 3 over an hour long lectures:

• Punishment, Rights, and the Sacredness of the Person
• Violence and the Origins of Human Rights
• Human Rights and Universal Values

Against a pure philosophical argument or a historical telling of its genesis, he uses a method of historical sociology. Very good stuff.