The Rights of Man
$34.31
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2016
Summary
H. G. Wells’ seminal human rights manifesto reissued with an original introduction by Ali Smith
Written in 1940 in response to the ongoing war with Germany, this fearlessly progressive manifesto of universal human rights addresses itself to the question of what Britain was fighting for - what a just and stable world should and could look like. After the Second World War concluded, it became the inspiration for the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the EU’s European Conventio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241976760 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241976766 |
| Author: | H.G. Wells |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2016 |
| Weight: | 102g |
| Dimensions: | 182mm x 112mm x 11mm |
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About The Author
H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist who published more than a hundred books, including pioneering science fiction novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. He was a founding member of numerous movements including Liberty and PEN International - the world’s oldest human rights organization - and his Rights of Man laid the groundwork for the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wells’ controversial and progressive views on equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell’s words, ‘an important liberator of thought and action’.
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