The architecture of concepts : the historical formation of human rights / Peter de Bolla.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Bolla, Peter, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--History.

Human rights.

History.

Civil rights--History.

Civil rights.

Liberty.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 298 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780823254385

0823254380

9780823254392

0823254399

OCLC:

829743897