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Exploring the Historical Course of the Concept of Right
ZHANG Kang-zhi, ZHANG Qian-you
Teaching and Research
2009, (10):
82-90.
Strictly speaking,"right" is a modern concept,and the word "right" is the product of industrialization.In other words,"right" is the point of departure of almost all the institutional arrangement of modern society.Although signs of right had appeared in ancient Rome and the Medieval period,and in the documents of these times wordings similar to "right" have been identified,the society then was operated within a system of identity,and "right" simply referred to certain privilege.Even the property right was subordinated to the paternal property privilege.The authors claim that right had arisen with the collapse of the institution of identity.In the social transition process from "identity" to "contract",privilege gradually lost ground and right gradually replaced it.The rise of right as a concept was rooted in the demand of industrialization and brought with it important political consequences.Examining the history of how this concept had emerged is aimed at more profound understanding of the historical nature of these political consequences.
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