The Rights Of Man And Common Sense

Though an Englishman by birth, he reacted violently against the political order of eighteenth-century England and in favour of radical reform. RIGHTS OF MAN and COMMON SENSE are the two short books in which he elaborates his political and social theories in vivid, simple prose which can still be read with pleasure and excitement today.

Summary

Though an Englishman by birth, he reacted violently against the political order of eighteenth-century England and in favour of radical reform. RIGHTS OF MAN and COMMON SENSE are the two short books in which he elaborates his political and social theories in vivid, simple prose which can still be read with pleasure and excitement today.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Paine
• Publisher: Random House Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1994
• EAN: 9781857151893
• ISBN: 978-1-85715-189-3
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 210 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 505 g
• Series: Everyman's Library CLASSICS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Literary essays, Political science and theory, Centrist democratic ideologies