TY - BOOK AU - De Bolla,Peter ED - Project Muse. TI - The architecture of concepts: the historical formation of human rights SN - 9780823254422 AV - JC571 .D3328 2013 U1 - 323 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Fordham University Press KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights KW - bisacsh KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / General KW - Liberty KW - Civil rights KW - History KW - Human rights KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. On Concepts as Cultural Entities -- 2. ". the fundamental rights and liberties of mankind.": The Architecture of the Rights of Mankind -- 3. ". there are, thank God, natural, inherent and inseparable rights as men.": The Architecture of American Rights -- 4. ". the rights of man were but imperfectly understood at the revolution": The Architecture of Rights of Man -- 5. The Futures of Human Rights -- Index N2 - "The Architecture of Concepts presents a new history of ideas. Using digital archives to track the historical formation of the concept of human rights across the Anglophone eighteenth century, it argues that a better understanding of the architecture of the concept will enable us to deliver on its universal aspirations"-- UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780823254422/ ER -