The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History by Samuel Moyn

The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History by Samuel Moyn is a history of the idea of human rights and of how it became the dominant language of justice in our time.

The book argues that human rights as we now understand them are a recent invention, emerging as earlier utopias of nation, socialism and anti-colonialism faded. It traces that transformation and asks what it means for how we pursue justice today.

What readers will explore:

• The history of the human rights idea
• Earlier utopias and their decline
• How human rights became a global language
• What the history of the idea means for justice today

Who this book is for: Readers interested in human rights, intellectual history and contemporary politics.

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