POLSCI 3Y03 Lecture Notes - Feudalism, French Revolution, Protestantism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 3Y03
• Professor: Nibaldo Galleguillos

Document Summary

Human rights do not make any sense unless we invent the unit to which it applies, the. Individual as a unique human being to whom human rights applies. Simultaneously is the emerge of the modern nation state. The institution of the family, community and the collectivity and city-state. From the first enlightenment and more so in the 14th and 15th century as a result of the economic growth and economic changes. The commercialization of productions, the right of individuals as unique persons began to emerge. Without capitalism we could not have many of the rights that we have today and take for granted. There was no democracy before the emergence, expansion and consolidation of capitalism. Capitalism, human rights go hand in hand! All of these democratic societies are all capitalist . As these unique individuals began to emerge in the late phases of feudalism they brought.