A Declaration of Human Rights

Raoul 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 pursued his own interests, and he has since established a unique place in the world of French political thought.In this work, 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 in 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”.