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A False Tree of Liberty: Human Rights in Radical Thought
Contributor(s): Marks, Susan (Author)

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 ISBN: 0199675457     ISBN-13: 9780199675456
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $94.05  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2020
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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Civil Rights
- Law | Legal History
- Political Science | Civil Rights
Dewey: 323.09
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" L (1.45 lbs) 292 pages
 
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This book is concerned with the history of the idea of human rights. It offers a fresh approach that puts aside familiar questions such as 'Where do human rights come from?' and 'When did human rights begin?' for the sake of looking into connections between debates about the rights of man and
developments within the history of capitalism. The focus is on England, where, at the end of the eighteenth century, a heated controversy over the rights of man coincided with the final enclosure of common lands and the momentous changes associated with early industrialisation. Tracking back still
further to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century writing about dispossession, resistance and rights, the book reveals a forgotten tradition of thought about central issues in human rights, with profound implications for their prospects in the world today.
 
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