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Free FreeHow did the idea of 'human rights' develop in the twentieth century? In this lecture, Mark Bradley explores how changes in US culture and thought from the 1940-70s changed the American idea of what it means to be free, leading to the modern concept of 'universal human rights'.
This event is part of the Rethinking the Cold War Lecture Series, a collaboration between the Cold War Studies Project at LSE IDEAS and the Cultures of the Cold War network at the University of Sheffield, two leading centres in the UK for the study of the Cold War.
Mark Bradley is Bernadotte E Schmitt Professor of International History, University of Chicago.
Michael Cox is Director of LSE IDEAS and Emeritus Professor of International Relations at LSE.
LSE IDEAS (@LSEIDEAS) is a foreign policy think-tank within LSE's Institute for Global Affairs.
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2017-02-28 2017-02-28 Europe/London The World Reimagined: Americans and human rights In this lecture, Mark Bradley explores how changes in US culture and thought from the 1940-70s changed the American idea of what it means to be free. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2017/02/28/the-world-reimagined-americans-and-human-rights-136654 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE),Lincolns Inns Fields,London,LondonLocation
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