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Thomas Paine's Rights of man of man : a biography

Thomas Paine was one of the greatest advocates of freedom in history, and his Declaration of the Rights of Man, first published in 1791, is the key to his reputation. Inspired by his outrage at Edmund Burke's attack on the French Revolution, Paine's text is a passionate defense of man's inalienable rights. Since its publication, Rights of Man has been celebrated, criticized, maligned, suppressed, and co-opted. But here, polemicist and commentator Christopher Hitchens marvels at its forethought and revels in its contentiousness. Hitchens, a political descendant of the great pamphleteer, demonstrates how Paine's book forms the philosophical cornerstone of the United States, and how, "in a time when both rights and reason are under attack," Thomas Paine's life and writing "will always be part of the arsenal on which we shall need to depend." (New Statesman)--From publisher description.

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  • "Rights of man : a biography"@en
  • "Rights of man"
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  • "Thomas Paine's Rights of man"@it
  • "Thomas Paine, Die Rechte des Menschen"

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  • "Thomas Paine was one of the greatest advocates of freedom in history, and his Declaration of the Rights of Man, first published in 1791, is the key to his reputation. Inspired by his outrage at Edmund Burke's attack on the French Revolution, Paine's text is a passionate defense of man's inalienable rights. Since its publication, Rights of Man has been celebrated, criticized, maligned, suppressed, and co-opted. But here, polemicist and commentator Christopher Hitchens marvels at its forethought and revels in its contentiousness. Hitchens, a political descendant of the great pamphleteer, demonstrates how Paine's book forms the philosophical cornerstone of the United States, and how, "in a time when both rights and reason are under attack," Thomas Paine's life and writing "will always be part of the arsenal on which we shall need to depend." (New Statesman)--From publisher description."
  • "Thomas Paine was one of the greatest advocates of freedom in history, and his Declaration of the Rights of Man, first published in 1791, is the key to his reputation. Inspired by his outrage at Edmund Burke's attack on the French Revolution, Paine's text is a passionate defense of man's inalienable rights. Since its publication, Rights of Man has been celebrated, criticized, maligned, suppressed, and co-opted. But here, polemicist and commentator Christopher Hitchens marvels at its forethought and revels in its contentiousness. Hitchens, a political descendant of the great pamphleteer, demonstrates how Paine's book forms the philosophical cornerstone of the United States, and how, "in a time when both rights and reason are under attack," Thomas Paine's life and writing "will always be part of the arsenal on which we shall need to depend." (New Statesman)--From publisher description."@en
  • "Traces the history of "The Rights of Man" from the publication of Part One in 1791 in London and its rapturous reception across the Atlantic. This book analyses the meaning it has acquired since its creation and its significance as the cornerstone of contemporary debates about our basic human rights."@en
  • "This biography traces the history of 'The Rights of Man' from the publication of Part One in 1791 in London and its rapturous reception across the Atlantic. Hitchens analyses the meaning it has acquired since its creation and its significance as the cornerstone of contemporary debates about our basic human rights."
  • "Discusses the impact of Thomas Paine's "Declaration of the Rights of Man" on the common philosophical beliefs of the United States of America, and demonstrates why the beliefs held within the document should be adopted around the world."@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
  • "Early works"@en
  • "Biografie"
  • "Early works"
  • "Studie"
  • "History"@en

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  • "Thomas Paine's Rights of man a biography"
  • "Thomas Paine a jeho Práva člověka : biografie"
  • "De rechten van de mens van Thomas Paine : een biografie"
  • "Thomas Paine: Prawa człowieka : biografia"@pl
  • "Thomas Paines Människans rättigheter : en biografi"@sv
  • "Christopher Hitchens über Thomas Paine, Die Rechte des Menschen"
  • "Thomas Paine's "Rights of man" : a biography"
  • "Thomas Paine's Rights of man of man : a biography"@en
  • "Thomas Paine's Rights of man"
  • "Thomas Paine's Rights of man"@en
  • "Thomas Paine's Rights of man of man"@en
  • "Thomas Paine's Rights of man : a biography"
  • "Thomas Paine's Rights of man : a biography"@en
  • "Thomas Paine : I diritti dell'uomo : una biografia"@it
  • "Thomas Paine, I diritti dell'uomo : una biografia"

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