Forfatter fødeår: 1737-1809
Presents an examination of Thomas Paine's thought and legacy.
Advocating equality, meritocracy, and social responsibility in plain language, Paine galvanized tens of thousands of readers and changed the framework of political discourse. He was tried and convicted for sedition by the British government for publishing
Draws principles of fundamental human rights.
Published in two parts between 1794 and 1795, this controversial religious tract attacked institutional faith as a human invention... Læs mere
Published in 1792, this book is the second part of Paine's Rights of Man, published in the aftermath of the French Revolution. Reissued... Læs mere
Published in 1791, this book was sparked by the publication of Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), a... Læs mere
Published anonymously in 1776, this pamphlet by the British radical Thomas Paine (1737–1809) laid out his ideas... Læs mere
Published a year after Abbé Raynal's account of the American Revolution,... Læs mere