<![CDATA[Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: Books That Changed the World]]>

false <![CDATA[Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: Books That Changed the World]]> 359154 9 <div>Thomas Paine was one of the greatest advocates of freedom in history, and his Declaration of the Rights of Man, 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, Rights of Man has been celebrated, criticized, maligned, suppressed, and co-opted. But in Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man, the polemicist and commentator Christopher Hitchens, “at his characteristically incisive best,” marvels at its forethought and revels in its contentiousness (The Times, London). Hitchens is a political descendant of the great pamphleteer, “a Tom Paine for our troubled times.” (The Independent, 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.” (New Statesman)</div> 1757053 2006 Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: Books That Changed the World total:132|5:22|4:61|3:36|2:13|1:0| 132 488 245 21 3 1 false false Sun Mar 23 16:34:57 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 18:36:08 -0700 2008
[Hitchens]
He also cannot decide whether the supposed preachings of the Nazarene are admirable or not. In general, he follows the custom of most deists in rating the sermo...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 22:15:06 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 08:45:06 -0800 2008
Plus he writes like a magnificent wreck of a genius with the voice of a sardonic angel. I love this man. I'd read his grocery list.]]> 4 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 05 15:49:59 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 15:52:57 -0800 2008 4 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 14:25:26 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 14:26:43 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 15:28:13 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 17:16:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 29 13:29:28 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 13:34:58 -0800 2008
still, another generally excellent bit of analysis. i will say, that judging from the prose, hitchens falls in and out of love with paine. discussions of...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 14:20:10 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 15:05:55 -0800 2008
I have a biography of Paine on my shelf I've been meaning to read, and I imagine I'll find it more enjoyable than this Hitchens...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 12 19:38:56 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 19:40:11 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 06:53:15 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 22:45:10 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 13:51:07 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 18:05:39 -0700 2009
Now, I have been re-educated. Thomas Paine is the kind of person that conservatives would truly, truly hate and actually con...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Aug 30 20:34:36 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 20:36:17 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 29 14:45:29 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 14:47:27 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 30 12:41:59 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 06:49:30 -0800 2009 1 4 0 false false Sat Aug 23 00:42:41 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 00:44:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 06:58:53 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 07:01:31 -0700 2008 1 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 19:22:01 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 19:03:48 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Mon Oct 20 08:14:02 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 08:15:06 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 11 10:48:12 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 06:47:50 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Thu Jun 19 06:40:59 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 06:41:20 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Oct 19 09:12:17 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 09:12:43 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=359154