The Anti-Human: Man and Citizen before the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Modern readers tend to assume that the term human rights makes sense but, previous to the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, rights were distributed on the basis of social class, religion, and community. Maslan considers the French prehistory of "man" and "citiz...

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Published in:The South Atlantic quarterly 2004, Vol.103 (2-3), p.357-374
Main Author: Maslan, Susan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cultural Studies
French Revolution
History
Human Rights
Law
Political power
Politics
Prehistory
Religion
Social classes
Theory and Philosophy
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Summary:Modern readers tend to assume that the term human rights makes sense but, previous to the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, rights were distributed on the basis of social class, religion, and community. Maslan considers the French prehistory of "man" and "citizen" and of the relation between them during the Old Regime, under a monarchy and within a culture that could never have dreamed of the revolutionary emergence of Man as the subject of political power.
ISSN:0038-2876
1527-8026
DOI:10.1215/00382876-103-2-3-357