1. The paradoxical origins of human rights / Lynn Hunt = 3
2. The Chinese Revolution and contemporary paradoxes / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom = 21
3. Tradition, human rights, and the English Revolution / David Zaret = 47
4. Natural rights in the American Revolution : the American amalgam / Michael Zuckert = 65
5. A European experience : human rights and citizenship in revolutionary Russia / Yanni Kotsonis = 83
6. An enlightenment for outcasts : some Vietnamese stories / Alexander Woodside = 97
7. India, human rights, and "Asian values" / Sumit Ganguly = 111
8. What absence is made of : human rights in Africa / Florence Bernault = 121
9. (Homo)sexuality, human rights, and revolution in Latin America / James N. Green = 139
10. Ethics and the rearmament of imperialism : the French case / Kristin Ross = 155
11. The strange career of radical Islam / Timothy McDaniel = 169
12. Human rights and empire's embrace : a Latin American counterpoint = 191
2. The Chinese Revolution and contemporary paradoxes / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom = 21
3. Tradition, human rights, and the English Revolution / David Zaret = 47
4. Natural rights in the American Revolution : the American amalgam / Michael Zuckert = 65
5. A European experience : human rights and citizenship in revolutionary Russia / Yanni Kotsonis = 83
6. An enlightenment for outcasts : some Vietnamese stories / Alexander Woodside = 97
7. India, human rights, and "Asian values" / Sumit Ganguly = 111
8. What absence is made of : human rights in Africa / Florence Bernault = 121
9. (Homo)sexuality, human rights, and revolution in Latin America / James N. Green = 139
10. Ethics and the rearmament of imperialism : the French case / Kristin Ross = 155
11. The strange career of radical Islam / Timothy McDaniel = 169
12. Human rights and empire's embrace : a Latin American counterpoint = 191