{"product_id":"the-architecture-of-concepts-peter-de-bolla-9780823254385","title":"The Architecture of Concepts: The Historical Formation of Human Rights","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Architecture of Concepts proposes a radically new way of understanding the history of ideas. Taking as its example human rights, it develops a distinctive kind of conceptual analysis that enables us to see with precision how the concept of human rights was formed in the eighteenth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first chapter outlines an innovative account of concepts as cultural entities. The second develops an original methodology for recovering the historical formation of the concept of human rights based on data extracted from digital archives. This enables us to track the construction of conceptual architectures over time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaving established the architecture of the concept of human rights, the book then examines two key moments in its historical formation: the First Continental Congress in 1775 and the publication of Tom Paine's Rights of Man in 1792. Arguing that we have yet to fully understand or appreciate the consequences of the eighteenth-century invention of the concept \"rights of man,\" the final chapter addresses our problematic contemporary attempts to leverage human rights as the most efficacious way of achieving universal equality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter de Bolla\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823254380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823254385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.34w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014 pg. 532","brand":"Peter de Bolla","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136174862591,"sku":"9780823254385","price":138.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_618b2ca1-6646-49bd-86e6-021524fa2736.jpg?v=1770161009","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-architecture-of-concepts-peter-de-bolla-9780823254385","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}