{"product_id":"thomas-paine-s-rights-of-man","title":"Thomas Paine's Rights of Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThomas Paine was one of the greatest advocates of freedom in history, and his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeclaration of the Rights of Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, first published in 1791, is the key to his reputation. Inspired by his outrage at Edmund Burke’s attack on the French Revolution, Paine’s text is a passionate defense of man’s inalienable rights. Since its publication, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRights of Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has been celebrated, criticized, maligned, suppressed, and co-opted. But in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Paine’s Rights of Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the polemicist and commentator Christopher Hitchens, “at his characteristically incisive best,” marvels at its forethought and revels in its contentiousness (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, London). Hitchens is a political descendant of the great pamphleteer, “a Tom Paine for our troubled times.” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, London) In this “engaging account of Paine’s life and times [that is] well worth reading” he demonstrates how Paine’s book forms the philosophical cornerstone of the United States, and how, “in a time when both rights and reason are under attack,” Thomas Paine’s life and writing “will always be part of the arsenal on which we shall need to depend.” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hitchens, Christopher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback\/Social Sciences","offer_id":46713877725408,"sku":"","price":10.9,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/Screenshot2024-12-06at6.21.57PM.png?v=1733523723","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/thomas-paine-s-rights-of-man","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}