'All opponents of globalization should carry it in their luggage.'
Le Monde
Raoul Vaneigem is an iconic figure in French philosophy. One of the founding fathers -- along with Guy Debord -- of the Situationist movement, his writings helped trigger the events of May 1968. After the inevitable Situationist split, Vaneigem pursued his own interests, and he has since established a unique place in the world of French political thought.
In this new book, he sets out quite literally to create a new declaration of human rights, by updating earlier declarations -- from the French Revolution to the UN declaration in 1948 -- on the grounds that 'we can no longer make do with the liberties derived from free exchange, while the free circulation of capital is establishing a tyranny that reduces humankind and the earth to a commodity'.
By turns playful, poetic and provocative, this is a remarkable book that makes a profoundly serious point about the way in which human rights have been eroded by globalization.
- ISBN10 1629631558
- ISBN13 9781629631554
- Publish Date 13 September 2018 (first published 20 April 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint PM Press
- Edition 2nd New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 144
- Language English