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Transformations in Medieval and Early-Modern Rights Discourse 2006 Edition
Contributor(s): Mäkinen, Virpi (Editor), Korkman, Petter (Editor)
ISBN: 1402042116     ISBN-13: 9781402042119
Publisher: Springer
OUR PRICE:   $161.49  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: November 2005
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | History & Theory - General
- Political Science | Human Rights
- Political Science | Civil Rights
Dewey: 320
LCCN: 2007440795
Series: New Synthese Historical Library
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.5" W x 9.4" (1.30 lbs) 318 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
- Chronological Period - 15th Century
 
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Rights language is a fundamental feature of the modern world. Virtually all significant social and political struggles are waged, and have been waged for over a century now, in terms of rights claims. In some ways, it is precisely the birth of modern rights language that ushers in modernity in terms of moral and political thought, and the struggle for a modern way of life seems for many synonymous with the fight for a universal recognition of equal, individual human rights. Where did modern rights language come from? What kinds of rights discourses is it rooted in? What is the specific nature of modern rights discourse; when and where were medieval and ancient notions of rights transformed into it? Can one in fact find any single such transformation of medieval into modern rights discourse?

This book brings together some of the most central scholars in the history of medieval and early-modern rights discourse. Through the different angles taken by its authors, the volume brings to light the multifaceted nature of rights languages in the medieval and early modern world.