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The architecture of concepts : the historical formation of human rights
Author
Title
The architecture of concepts : the historical formation of human rights / Peter de Bolla.
ISBN
9780823254385 (hardback)
0823254380 (hardback)
9780823254392 (paper)
0823254399 (paper)
Publication
New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
Physical Description
x, 298 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
"The Architecture of Concepts presents a new history of ideas. Using digital archives to track the historical formation of the concept of human rights across the Anglophone eighteenth century, it argues that a better understanding of the architecture of the concept will enable us to deliver on its universal aspirations"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 19, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. On Concepts as Cultural Entities
2. ". the fundamental rights and liberties of mankind.": The Architecture of the Rights of Mankind
3. ". there are, thank God, natural, inherent and inseparable rights as men.": The Architecture of American Rights
4. ". the rights of man were but imperfectly understood at the revolution": The Architecture of Rights of Man
5. The Futures of Human Rights
Index.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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