human rights in an unequal world Moyn, Samuel creator text bibliography mau Cambridge, Massachusetts The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2019 2018 First edition monographic eng

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xii, 277 pages ; 24 cm. 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.-- 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. Samuel Moyn Includes bibliographical references and index. GenED Human rights History Equality History Welfare economics History Neoliberalism History JC571 .M8635 2018 323.09 9780674737563 (alk. paper) 9780674241398 2017041518 Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks MH/DLC 171009 20210907134303.0 37515 eng