A Declaration of the Rights of Human Beings

On the Sovereignty of Life As Surpassing the Rights of Man

Raoul Vaneigem author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Pluto Press

Published:20th Apr '03

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A Declaration of the Rights of Human Beings cover

‘All opponents of globalization should carry it in their luggage.'
Le Monde

Raoul Vaneigem is an iconic figure in French philosophy. One of the founding fathers -- along with Guy Debord -- of the Situationist movement, his writings helped trigger the events of May 1968. After the inevitable Situationist split, Vaneigem pursued his own interests, and he has since established a unique place in the world of French political thought.

In this new book, he sets out quite literally to create a new declaration of human rights, by updating earlier declarations -- from the French Revolution to the UN declaration in 1948 -- on the grounds that ‘we can no longer make do with the liberties derived from free exchange, while the free circulation of capital is establishing a tyranny that reduces humankind and the earth to a commodity’.

By turns playful, poetic and provocative, this is a remarkable book that makes a profoundly serious point about the way in which human rights have been eroded by globalization.

'All opponents of globalization should carry it in their luggage.' Le Monde

ISBN: 9780745320229

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176 pages