Competing Visions of Human Rights in the Cold War

Competing Visions of Human Rights in the Cold War

Maurice Cranston (1920-1993) was a British philosopher and professor at the London School of Economics. His work on political philosophy included biographies of prominent Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke, and theoretical analyses on the nature of human rights. His book What Are Human Rights? looks at the tension between positive and negative rights in context of the Cold War.

Maurice Cranston

Maurice Cranston Papers 1943-1997, Harry Ransom Center

The Bodley Head

1973

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