Critique of rights /
Menke, Christoph,1958-author.
"The declaration of equal rights arguably created the modern political community. But this act of empowering individuals caused the disempowering of the political community. Exposing this, Menke opens up a new way of understanding rights that no longer involves the disempowering of the political community"--
Originally published in German as: Kritik der Rechte. Berlin : Suhrkamp Verlag, 2015.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The declaration of equal rights arguably created the modern political community. But this act of empowering individuals caused the disempowering of the political community. Exposing this, Menke opens up a new way of understanding rights that no longer involves the disempowering of the political community"--
Civil rights
Liberalism.
Civil rights
Liberalism.