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The Tyranny of Rights

Paperback • 2009 • English

The Tyranny of Rights

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About the book

Brewster Kneen s new book is intended to be provocative. His aim is to spark a discussion about the effects of the demand for rights human rights, intellectual property rights, the right to save seed, the right to food as the dominant strategy of movements for social and economic justice. He suggests that the concept and language of rights impose a Western individualistic and legalistic approach on other civilizations and ways of thinking a form of intellectual colonialism which he suggests shou...Show more

Society and Social Sciences
Economics, Finance, Business and Management

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9780981341101

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

The Tyranny of Rights

Format

Paperback

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