Oette, Lutz (2017) 'Document and Analyze: The Legacy of Klemperer, Fraenkel and Neumann for Contemporary Human Rights Engagement.' Human Rights Quarterly, 39 (4). pp. 832-859.
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Abstract
Human rights discourse has been criticized for being legalistic, decontextualized, and failing to focus on factors explaining violations. Victor Klemperer’s diaries chronicled the life and suffering of a German Jew in Nazi Germany and the manipulation of language by a totalitarian regime. Ernst Fraenkel’s Dual State and Franz Neumann’s Behemoth set out theories offering profound insights into the legal and political nature of the Nazi system. Revisiting their work from a human rights perspective is richly rewarding, providing examples of engaged scholarship that combined documentation and critical analysis. Their writings hold important lessons for contemporary human rights engagement and its critics.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > School of Law Legacy Departments > Faculty of Law and Social Sciences > School of Law School Research Centres > Centre for Human Rights Law |
| ISSN: | 02750392 |
| Copyright Statement: | © 2017 John Hopkins University Press. This is the version of the article accepted for publication in Human Rights Quarterly published by John Hopkins University Press: https://doi.org/10.1353/hrq.2017.0051 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1353/hrq.2017.0051 |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Dec 2016 13:32 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/23313 |
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