My next book will be out from the publisher George Ronald this fall: Human Rights in an Advancing Civilization.

Like my last book, Zanjan, Human Rights was years in the making. It includes a history of human rights from pre-civilization to the present day; a look at the relationship between human rights and contemporary issues like security and development; explanations of how human rights are protected (and why they’re not); and predictions about where the field is headed. It also contains just about every controversial human rights-related issue I could find, and I found a lot.

Here’s the table of contents:

Part One: Identity
1. Human Reality and Rights
2. The Oneness of Humankind
3. Human Purpose
4. A History of Human Rights: From Empires to Nation-States
5. A History of Human Rights: To the Universal Declaration
6. Alternative Views of Human Rights
7. Unity in Diversity

Part Two: Society
8. Identity and Society
9. Rights and Government
10. A Global Civilization
11. The Twin International Covenants
12. Minority Rights
13. Rights and Development
14. Rights and Security
15. The Rule of Law

Part Three: Rights and Responsibilities
16. Creating a New Society
17. Promoting Human Rights
18. Education and Empowerment
19. Future Rights
20. Freedom and Will

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