Inalienable Rights

Ancient Societies, Arts & Culture Conversations, Community Events, Cultural Development, Environment, Events, Featured, Humanities, Profile, Social History, The Culture ConceptAugust 9, 2013

Inalienable Rights of Man – Charting Freedom and Liberty

By Carolyn McDowall

For the English of the 13th century agreement of the terms and conditions of the Magna Carta was a huge step towards protecting the inalienable rights of man

Arts & Culture Conversations, Community Events, Cultural Development, Favourite Books, Featured, Humanities, Rare & New Books, News & Reviews, Social HistoryMay 19, 2011

Indignez-vous! Grey power, life and liberty in a Big Society

By Carolyn McDowall

Indignez-vous! from 93 year old French Resistance member Stephane Hessel is a publishing phenomenon. It is the ‘little red book’ that having swept France, is now set to topple international bestsellers’ lists. It contains no sex and is not humorous. It is not a literary masterpiece and it does not have a startlingly original message. So why instead of becoming a publishing disaster, has it become a publishing phenomenon? Everyone is asking, but why?