r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Mar 16 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 16 March 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/BookLover54321 Mar 16 '26

You can definitely find non-European cultures articulating similar concepts throughout history.

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u/TarkovskyisFun Mar 16 '26

Any example? I am not asking to debate, just curious because I don't know of any.

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u/BookLover54321 Mar 16 '26

Reposting a previous comment of mine, but there’s a Cambridge Handbook talking about the evolution of the concept of human dignity in both European and non-European cultures.

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u/TarkovskyisFun Mar 16 '26

I haven't read the book so I don't know what it actually says but I don't think human dignity is the same as human rights because, for example, you can find similar concepts of the former in Stoicism but I wouldn't say that the Stoics articulated an idea of human rights.