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Self-evident truths? : human rights and the Enlightenment /
The keywords of the Enlightenment-freedom, tolerance, rights, equality-are today heard everywhere, and they are used to endorse a wide range of positions, some of which are in perfect contradiction. While Orwell's 1984 claims that there is one phrase in the English language that resists transla...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Bloomsbury,
[2012]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The keywords of the Enlightenment-freedom, tolerance, rights, equality-are today heard everywhere, and they are used to endorse a wide range of positions, some of which are in perfect contradiction. While Orwell's 1984 claims that there is one phrase in the English language that resists translation into Newspeak, namely the opening lines of that key Enlightenment text, the Declaration of Independence: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal ... ', we also find the Wall Street Journal saying of the Iraq War that the US was 'fighting for the very notion of the Enlightenment.' |
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| Notas: | "Oxford Amnesty lectures"--Cover. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 276 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441180711 1441180710 9781441132451 1441132457 |