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" The architecture of concepts : "
Peter de Bolla
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BL
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637482
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De Bolla, Peter,1957-
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The architecture of concepts : : the historical formation of human rights /\ Peter de Bolla
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x, 298 pages ;; 24 cm
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9780823254385 (hardback)
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: 0823254380 (hardback)
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: 9780823254392 (paper)
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: 0823254399 (paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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
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| Abstract
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"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"--
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Human rights-- History
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Civil rights-- History
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Liberty
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323
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JC571.D3328 2013
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