Rights of Man
| By: | Thomas Paine; Claire Grogan (Editor) |
| Publisher: | Broadview Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9781551115849 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781460401989 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2011 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Advocating equality, meritocracy, and social responsibility in plain language, Thomas Paine galvanized tens of thousands of readers and changed the framework of political discourse with this text. He was tried and convicted for sedition by the British government for publishing Rights of Man, Part Two but his direct style and provocative ideas were hugely influential. This edition situates Rights of Man within the discussion of the French Revolution in Britain and enables readers to understand the broader political debates of the 1790s.Appendices include responses to the French Revolution, Paine's response to the Proclamation that declared his writing seditious, contemporary political philosophy by Richard Price and Edmund Burke, and cartoons satirizing Paine and his views.