{"exhibit":{"id":5,"title":"The Cold War and Competing Visions of Human Rights","description":"<p>This online exhibit, consisting of a selection of items from the Maurice Cranston collection at the Harry Ransom Center,\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight:400;\">draws upon the philosophical inquiry into the nature of human rights as presented by British philosopher Maurice Cranston. This exhibit contextualizes Cranston's<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u00a0depiction of moral rights as an <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">a priori<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> critique of contemporary visions of human rights within the backdrop of the Cold War and the social justice, political, and economic movements of that era. A theoretical and historical approach to the paradigm debate between positive and negative rights will demonstrate the social ontology of human rights in contemporary political and social justice discourse. <\/span><\/p>","credits":"Varun Hukeri","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":null,"theme_options":null,"slug":"human-rights","added":"2023-02-05 22:02:45","modified":"2023-02-05 22:02:45","owner_id":1,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":null},"item":{"id":46,"item_type_id":null,"collection_id":9,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2023-02-05 21:51:09","modified":"2023-02-05 21:51:09","owner_id":1}}