Rights of Man

or, What Are We Fighting For?

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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H.G. Wells, a prominent political thinker as well as a first-rate novelist, set down in The Rights of Man a stirring manifesto, and his words laid the groundwork for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which enshrined human rights in law for the first time, changing the course of history for ever and granting fundamental rights to billions.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-05-25
Mått198 x 129 x 20 mm
Vikt134 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor128
FörlagRenard Press Ltd
ISBN9781913724702

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H.G. Wells (1866–1946) was a prolific writer best known for his genre-defining science-fiction novels, in particular The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man and The Time Machine. A socialist and a member of the Fabian Society, Wells was an outspoken political thinker, and his writings on human rights were incredibly influential – in particular his 1940 essay The Rights of Man, or, What Are We Fighting For?, which is widely acknowledged as laying the groundwork for the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UK's Human Rights Act. Burhan Sönmez is a Kurdish prize-winning novelist from Turkey. He is the President of PEN International and the author of five novels: North, Sins & Innocents, Istanbul Istanbul, Labyrinth and Stone and Shadow.

Introduction: 'He Told Us So' by Burhan Sonmez, Preface, The Rights of Man, or, What Are We Fighting For? (i. Imperative Need for a Declaration, ii. Security from Violence, iii. Habeas Corpus, iv. Democratic Law, v. The New Tyranny of the Dossier, vi. The Right to Subsistence, vii. The Right to Work and to Have Possessions, viii. Free Market and Profit-Seeking, ix. The Revised Declaration, x. A French Parallel, xi. An Alternative Draft and Some Further Suggestions, xii. The New Map of the World, xiii. A Book for Which the World Is Waiting), Note on the Text, Notes