Human Rights: A Fragile Hegemony
Human rights, as popularly conceived, have a troubling genealogy. By Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Tag: 18th century
The Unholy Trinity of the French Enlightenment
How mystics, radicals, and philosophers shared heretical views of the self in 18th-century France. A Q&A with CHARLY COLEMAN The traditional consensus on the Enlightenment describes a compellingly simple narrative. It portrays humankind’s emergence from the shadows of blind faith and self-denial to its discovery …
