TY - BOOK ID - 61466490 TI - A false tree of liberty : human rights in radical thought PY - 2019 SN - 0191886629 0191663549 0191663557 PB - Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Human rights KW - History. KW - England. KW - England KW - Angleterre KW - Kingdom of England KW - Engeland KW - Inghilterra KW - Inglaterra KW - Engländer KW - Großbritannien KW - -1707 KW - Anglii͡ KW - Anglija UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:61466490 AB - This work 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 18th 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 16th and 17th-century writing about dispossession, resistance and rights, the text reveals a forgotten tradition of thought about central issues in human rights, with profound implications for their prospects in the world today. ER -