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Assis, Mariana; Xidias, Jason

 
9781912128983: An Analysis of Thomas Paine's Rights of Man (The Macat Library)
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ISBN 10: 1912128985 ISBN 13: 9781912128983
Editorial: Macat Library, 2017

Sinopsis

Thomas Paine’s 1791 Rights of Man is an impassioned political tract showing how the critical thinking skills of evaluation and reasoning can, and must, be applied to contentious issues. Divided into two parts, Rights of Man is, first, a response to Edmund Burke’s arguments against the French Revolution, put forward in his Reflections on the Revolution in France - also available in the Macat Library - and, second, an argument for how to run a fair and just society. The first part is a sustained performance in evaluation: Paine takes Burke’s arguments, and systematically exposes the ways in which Burke’s reasons against revolution are inadequate compared to the necessity of having a just society run according to a universal notion of people’s rights as individuals. The second part turns to an examination of different political systems, setting out a powerfully-structured argument for universal rights, a clear constitution enshrined in law, and a universal right to vote. Though Paine is in many ways a stronger rhetorician than he is a clear thinker, his reasons for preferring democracy to hereditary forms of government are compelling, coherent and clear. Rights of Man is a masterclass in how to use good reasoning to present a persuasive argument.

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Acerca del autor

Mariana Assis is a doctoral candidate at the New School for Social Reasearch, New York.

Dr Jason Xidias has held positions at King’s College London and the University of California, Berkeley.

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Editorial
Macat Library
Año de publicación
2017
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1912128985
ISBN 13 
9781912128983
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
96
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