Rights of man : being an answer to Mr. Burke's attack on the French Revolution
Paine, Thomas1987
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In this the 250th anniversary of Thomas Paine's birth, what better tribute to such a champion of freedom and independence than to bring forth one of his most popular and controversial works. Written in part as a theoretical reply to the stodgy conservatism of Edmund Burke's 'Reflections on the French Revolution' (1790), Paine's 'Rights of Man' (1791-92) sets forth a manifesto of popular democratic rule in the established tradition of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In it Paine offers a discussion of the nature of political man and proceeds to encourage the grass-roots revolutionary movements that seek to analyze critically and, where necessary, reform or replace social and political institutions, many of which tend only to repress those whom they were initially designed to serve. ...
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Buffalo : Prometheus Books, 1987.
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188 p. ; 21.5 cm.
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ISBN:
087975379X
Dewey class:
320.5
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320.5
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English
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BRN:
1786329
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