Drawing on detailed archival research on the parallel histories of human rights and neoliberalism, Jessica Whyte uncovers the place of human rights in neoliberal attempts to develop a moral framework for a market society. In the wake of the Second World War, neoliberals saw demands for new rights to social welfare and self-determination as threats to "civilisation." Yet, rather than rejecting rights, they developed a distinctive account of human rights as tools to depoliticise civil society, protect private investments and shape liberal subjects.
- ISBN10 1786633469
- ISBN13 9781786633460
- Publish Date 5 November 2019
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Verso Books
- Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
- Pages 288
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781786633460