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By the end of the eighteenth century, politicians in America and France were invoking the natural rights of man to wrest sovereignty away from kings and lay down universal basic entitlements. Exactly how and when did "rights" come to justify such measures? In On the Spirit of Rights, Dan Edelstein answers this question by examining the complex genealogy of the rights regimes enshrined in the American and French Revolutions. With a lively attention to detail, he surveys a sprawling series of debates among rulers, jurists, philosophers, political reformers, writers, and others, who were all engaged in laying the groundwork for our contemporary systems of constitutional governance. Every seemingly new claim about rights turns out to be a variation on a theme, as late medieval notions were subtly repeated and refined to yield the talk of "rights" we recognize today. From the Wars of Religion to the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, On the Spirit of Rights is a sweeping tour through centuries of European intellectual history and an essential guide to our ways of thinking about human rights today.

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- History of the law --- Human rights --- anno 1700-1799 --- Natural law --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- History --- Law and legislation

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Focusing on 18th century Enlightenment writing, contributors explore the social, religious, artistic, political and scientific dimensions of the grey area that binds so-called 'illuminist' and 'rational' forms of thinking - the super-enlightenment.

Theory of knowledge --- anno 1700-1799 --- Enlightenment. --- Civilization, Modern --- Siècle des lumières --- Civilisation --- Enlightenment --- Siècle des lumières --- Aufklärung --- Eighteenth century --- Philosophy, Modern --- Rationalism --- Aufklärung. --- Civilization, Modern. --- Idé- och lärdomshistoria --- Upplysningen. --- Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis). --- 1700-1799. --- Civilization, Modern - 18th century

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Revolutions --- Revolutions. --- History. --- World history --- anno 2010-2019 --- anno 1800-1999 --- anno 2000-2009

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The "Arab Spring" was heralded and publicly embraced by foreign leaders of many countries that define themselves by their own historic revolutions. The contributors to this volume examine the legitimacy of these comparisons by exploring whether or not all modern revolutions follow a pattern or script. Traditionally, historians have studied revolutions as distinct and separate events. Drawing on close familiarity with many different cultures, languages, and historical transitions, this anthology presents the first cohesive historical approach to the comparative study of revolutions. This volume argues that the American and French Revolutions provided the genesis of the revolutionary "script" that was rewritten by Marx, which was revised by Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution, which was revised again by Mao and the Chinese Communist Revolution. Later revolutions in Cuba and Iran improvised further. This script is once again on display in the capitals of the Middle East and North Africa, and it will serve as the model for future revolutionary movements.

Revolutions --- History.

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"In this innovative volume, editors Dan Edelstein, Stefanos Geroulanos, and Natasha Wheatley bring together a stunning collection of essays that challenge our understanding of what it means to interpret history by focusing on the nexus of two concepts, "power" and "time," as they manifest themselves in a wide variety of case studies. Analyzing history, culture, politics, technology, law, art, and science, and including ambitious essays on human rights, sovereignty, Islamic, European, and Indian history, slavery, capitalism, revolution, the Supreme Court, and even the Manson Family, this engaging book shows how "temporal regimes" are constituted through the shaping of power in historically specific ways. Power and Time is poised to be a game-changing, agenda-setting volume, highlighting the work of some of the most respected, innovative historians currently writing"--

History, Modern --- Power (Social sciences). --- Time --- Social aspects --- History. --- Social aspects. --- Power (Social sciences) --- History --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Political science --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- World history --- Hours (Time) --- Geodetic astronomy --- Nautical astronomy --- Horology --- Social aspects&delete& --- History as a science --- Time - Social aspects --- Time - Social aspects - History --- History, Modern - 19th century. --- History, Modern - 20th century. --- History, Modern - 21st century.