Rights of Man (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
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基本信息·出版社：Wordsworth Editions Ltd
·页码：240 页
·出版日期：1997年08月
·ISBN：1853264679
·条形码：9781853264672
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
·丛书名：Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
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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.
作者简介 Thomas Paine was born in1737 at Thetford, Norfolk in England, as a son of a Quaker. He immigrated to America in 1774. There he published works criticising the slavery and supporting American independence. He became very popular but returned to England where he became involved in the French Revolution. After that he returned to America where he died in 1802.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition. 编辑推荐 Review Current events in America (in which he had notably participated), and then in France, gave this 1792 work a topicality, but it remains a seminal and important work into the present. Without literary flourish, Paine provided a blueprint for radical liberalism through the ages. (Kirkus UK)
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
