Not enough : human rights in an unequal world / Samuel Moyn

By:

Moyn, Samuel

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 277 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9780674737563 (alk. paper)
9780674241398

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

323.09 23

LOC classification:

JC571 .M8635 2018

Contents:

Jacobin legacy: the origins of social justice -- National welfare and the universal declaration -- FDR's second bill -- Globalizing welfare after empire -- Basic needs and human rights -- Global ethics from equality to subsistence -- Human rights in the neoliberal maelstrom.

Summary: The age of human rights has been kindest to the rich. As state violations of political rights garnered attention, a commitment to material equality disappeared and market fundamentalism emerged as the dominant economic force. Samuel Moyn asks why we chose not to challenge wealth and neglected the demands of a broader social and economic justice.--

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	323.09 MOY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		3010037515
Book	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	323.09 MOY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Checked out	17/12/2025	3010037516

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The age of human rights has been kindest to the rich. As state violations of political rights garnered attention, a commitment to material equality disappeared and market fundamentalism emerged as the dominant economic force. Samuel Moyn asks why we chose not to challenge wealth and neglected the demands of a broader social and economic justice.--

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