Author | Fennessy, R. R. author |
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Title | Burke, Paine, and the Rights of Man [electronic resource] : A Difference of Political Opinion / by R. R. Fennessy |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1963 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-3637-0 |
Descript | XIII, 277 p. online resource |
One / A Public Controversy 1790โ1792 -- Publication of Reflections; mixed reception -- English opinion of the French revolution; surprise at Burkeโs hostility -- Paineโs complaint against Burke; was it justified? -- Two / Thomas Paine: the man and his ideas 1737โ1790 -- I. Paineโs Early Life -- II. Paineโs Political Ideas -- III. Paineโs Hopes of a Political Reformation in England. His Return to Europe -- Three / A different outlook: Edmund Burke -- I. Burke and Paine Contrasted -- II. Burkeโs Characteristic Ideas -- III. Burkeโs Reaction to the French Revolution -- Four / Burke rejects the rights of man -- I. Criticism of the โRights of Manโ Philosophy -- II. The โRights of Manโ Philosophy Incompatible with the Spirit of the English Constitution -- III. Criticism -- Five / Paine replies to Burke: Rights of Man -- Paine plans to write on the revolution -- Paine fails to understand Burke -- Paineโs interpretation of the French revolution -- Man and his rights -- Paineโs attack on the English constitution -- Rejection of the hereditary principle in government -- Rejection of state religion -- Criticism of the English financial system -- Attack on the English crown, and parliamentary system of government -- Conclusion -- Six / Reflections and public opinion, 1791 -- The reaction within Burkeโs own party -- Mackintosh and the โNew Whigsโ -- The reply of the reformers -- Mary Wollstonecraft and the social protest -- Joseph Priestley and the reply of the dissenters -- Burkeโs retort: โEither Burke or Paineโ -- Seven / Rights of Man and public opinion, 1791 -- I. The Pamphleteers and Reviewers -- II. Rights of Man and the Constitutional Societies -- III. Positive Effect of Rights of Man. Paine and the Working-Class Movement -- Conclusion -- Ouvrages publiรฉs dans la Collection de lโEcole des Sciences politiques et sociales