Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: A Biography - Christopher Hitchens
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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 here, polemicist and commentator Christopher Hitchens marvels at its forethought and revels in...
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2007 Uitgever: Atlantic Books 158 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1843546280 ISBN-13: 9781843546283Koop dit boek tweedehands
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