Human Rights: Toward an Integrated Theory for Action

by Riane Eisler in Human Rights Quarterly 9.3 (1987), pp. 287-308

Modern history has been shaped by the struggle for human rights. Though this struggle has been successful in important respects, human rights are still, at best, tenuous. Rather than steadily advancing, we are constantly forced to refight the same battles. Instead of becoming firmly rooted, even gains we have already made are chronically in jeopardy.