(en) As we mark the seventieth anniversary of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the ongoing contemporary publishing boom in the history of the origins of human rights affords us an opportunity to better understand the philosopher Jacques Maritain’s distinctive contribution to the post-Second World War human rights project. Daniele Lorenzini’s groundbreaking research into Maritain’s thought and activism during this period offers human rights educators a fresh resource for thinking and talking about the foundations of that project. The JHRP’s Brian Phillips recently spoke with Daniele Lorenzini in New York City.
Lorenzini, D. (2018). Jacques Maritain on Anti-Semitism and Human Rights: A Conversation with Daniele Lorenzini. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 10(3), 536-545. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhuman/huy031 (Original work published 2018)