Beyond Human Rights

Beyond Human Rights

Softcover

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Description

Alain de Benoist traces the history of the concept of human rights from Antiquity to the present day, showing how the relationship between rights and belonging to a community has gradually been replaced by the idea of a sovereign individual who exists independently of any communal identity or responsibility.

Book Information

Main Genre
Specialized Books
Sub Genre
Society & Social Sciences
Format
Softcover
Pages
120
Price
18.00 €

Author Description

Alain de Benoist is the leading philosopher behind the European 'New Right' movement (a label which de Benoist himself rejects, perceiving himself to not fit into the usual Left/Right dichotomy), a metapolitical school of thought which he helped to found in France in 1968 with the establishment of GRECE (Research and Study Group for European Civilisation). He continues to write and give lectures and interviews. He lives in Paris. The Arktos edition of his book, The Problem of Democracy, was also published in 2011.