Rights of Man (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) - Softcover

Paine, Thomas

 
9781853264672: Rights of Man (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1853264679 ISBN 13: 9781853264672
Verlag: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

With an Introduction by Derek Matravers.

Rights of Man is a classic statement of the belief in humanity's potential to change the world for the better. Published as a reply to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, it differs from that great work in every relevant respect. Where Burke uses the language of the governing classes, Paine writes with the vigour of a self-taught mast-maker and exciseman. With passionate and rapier wit, Paine challenges Burke's assertion that society cannot be judged by rational standards and found wanting.

Rights of Man contains a fully-costed budget, advocating measures such as free education, old age pensions, welfare benefits and child allowance over 100 years before these things were introduced in Britain. It remains a compelling manifesto for social change.

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Verlag
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
1997
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1853264679
ISBN 13 
9781853264672
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
240
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