On the spirit of rights / Dan Edelstein.
On the spirit of rights / Dan Edelstein.
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Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
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G 2019/0446
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English
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Physical content
325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
How to think about rights in early modern Europe -- Part I. Early modern rights regimes. When did rights become "rights"? : from the wars of religion to the dawn of enlightenment -- From liberalism to liberty : natural rights in the French enlightenment -- Part II. Social naturalism in early modern...
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Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
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Illinois
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
By the end of the eighteenth century, politicians in America and France were invoking the natural rights of man to wrest sovereignty away from kings and lay down universal basic entitlements. Exactly how and when did "rights" come to justify such measures? In On the Spirit of Rights, Dan Edelstein answers this question by examining the complex gene...
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On the spirit of rights / Dan Edelstein.
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The life of ideas
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-312) and index.
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©2019
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G 2019/0446
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74VKV08eoD4Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV08eoD4Z
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ISBN
9780226588988 hardcover alkaline paper
022658898X hardcover alkaline paper
DDC
323.09
MMS ID
991024227612702626
