Colm Gillis's Blog - Posts Tagged "rights"
Rights, War, and the State
1. End of History
We have been raised on the belief that mankind has progressed to a higher form of existence via a struggle for human rights. From greater tolerance, greater respect, greater all round ‘love,’ members of mankind can now live lifestyles of independence and self-expression. This ‘end of history’ sentiment is very much that of closure on a past that we would rather not reflect upon, given that the present is so joyous.
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We have been raised on the belief that mankind has progressed to a higher form of existence via a struggle for human rights. From greater tolerance, greater respect, greater all round ‘love,’ members of mankind can now live lifestyles of independence and self-expression. This ‘end of history’ sentiment is very much that of closure on a past that we would rather not reflect upon, given that the present is so joyous.
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