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Vaneigem is an iconic figure in French philosophy. One of the founding fathers—along with Guy Debord—of the Situationist movement, his writings helped trigger the events of May 1968. After the inevitable Situationist split, Vaneigem has continued to write. In this new book, he sets out quite literally to create a new declaration of human rights, by updating earlier declarations—from the French Revolution to the UN declaration of 1948—on the grounds that "we can no longer make do with the liberties derived from free exchange, while the free circulation of capital is establishing a tyranny that reduces humankind and the earth to a commodity." By turns playful, poetic, and provocative, this remarkable book makes a profoundly serious point about the way in which human rights have been eroded by globalization.
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