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This book investigates Thomas Paine's social and political thought in both its British and American moments. It examines the ways in which Paine's ideas were understood. The book restores him to the position his contemporaries accorded him, that of an important writer on politics and society.
This book investigates Thomas Paine's social and political thought in both its British and American moments. It examines the ways in which Paine's ideas were understood. The book restores him to the position his contemporaries accorded him, that of an important writer on politics and society.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: CRC Press
- Seitenzahl: 272
- Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 1989
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
- Gewicht: 404g
- ISBN-13: 9780044450900
- ISBN-10: 0044450907
- Artikelnr.: 22338962
- Verlag: CRC Press
- Seitenzahl: 272
- Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 1989
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
- Gewicht: 404g
- ISBN-13: 9780044450900
- ISBN-10: 0044450907
- Artikelnr.: 22338962
Gregory Claeys is an Associate Professor in the Department of History, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri.
Acknowledgements
Chronology
Introduction The age of Paine
The problem of Thomas Paine
British radical traditions, 1688
1789
Natural rights and natural law
The emergence of the reform movement
1 'Apostle of liberty': the life of Thomas Paine
2 'The cause of all mankind': Paine and the American revolution
Colonial radicalism, 1765
76
Independence sounded: Common Sense (1776)
Interpreting Common Sense
The Tories respond
Paine at war: The American Crisis (1776
83)
American independence as a democratic revolution
3 Republicanism contested: Burke's Reflections (1790) and the Rights of Man (1791
92)
Radicalism and Dissent, 1788
90
The 'manifesto of a counter
revolution': Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
Early responses to Burke (1790
92)
Exporting America: the Rights of Man. Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution (February 1791)
Towards social justice: the Rights of Man, Part Second. Combining Principle and Practice (1792)
4 Paine's achievement
Constitutionalism, conventions and republicanism
Natural rights and natural law
Commerce, wealth and equality
Quakerism and the millennium
Paine's language and appeal
5 A great awakening: the birth of the Revolutionary Party
'The whiskey of infidelity and treason': the Rights of Man and popular politics
How Paine was read
'All change at Hounslow': middle
class radicalism and the Painites
Critics from the left
6 Inequality vindicated: the government party
Painophobia unleashed: governmental and loyalist reaction
Scurrilous abuse
Arguments against the Rights of Man: property and civilization
Natural rights and the state of nature
The Painite counterattack
Religion and revolution
7 Revolution in heaven: The Age of Reason (1794
95)
Introduction
Deism in the eighteenth century
The Age of Reason
The reception of The Age of Reason
Conclusion
8 Revolution in civilization: Agrarian Justice (1797)
Agrarian Justice: natural jurisprudence secularized
Deism and the Creation
The reception of Agrarian Justice
Conclusion Political saint: the legend of Thomas Paine
Paine's reputation
The emergence of social radicalism
The modernity of Thomas Paine
Bibliography
Index
Chronology
Introduction The age of Paine
The problem of Thomas Paine
British radical traditions, 1688
1789
Natural rights and natural law
The emergence of the reform movement
1 'Apostle of liberty': the life of Thomas Paine
2 'The cause of all mankind': Paine and the American revolution
Colonial radicalism, 1765
76
Independence sounded: Common Sense (1776)
Interpreting Common Sense
The Tories respond
Paine at war: The American Crisis (1776
83)
American independence as a democratic revolution
3 Republicanism contested: Burke's Reflections (1790) and the Rights of Man (1791
92)
Radicalism and Dissent, 1788
90
The 'manifesto of a counter
revolution': Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
Early responses to Burke (1790
92)
Exporting America: the Rights of Man. Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution (February 1791)
Towards social justice: the Rights of Man, Part Second. Combining Principle and Practice (1792)
4 Paine's achievement
Constitutionalism, conventions and republicanism
Natural rights and natural law
Commerce, wealth and equality
Quakerism and the millennium
Paine's language and appeal
5 A great awakening: the birth of the Revolutionary Party
'The whiskey of infidelity and treason': the Rights of Man and popular politics
How Paine was read
'All change at Hounslow': middle
class radicalism and the Painites
Critics from the left
6 Inequality vindicated: the government party
Painophobia unleashed: governmental and loyalist reaction
Scurrilous abuse
Arguments against the Rights of Man: property and civilization
Natural rights and the state of nature
The Painite counterattack
Religion and revolution
7 Revolution in heaven: The Age of Reason (1794
95)
Introduction
Deism in the eighteenth century
The Age of Reason
The reception of The Age of Reason
Conclusion
8 Revolution in civilization: Agrarian Justice (1797)
Agrarian Justice: natural jurisprudence secularized
Deism and the Creation
The reception of Agrarian Justice
Conclusion Political saint: the legend of Thomas Paine
Paine's reputation
The emergence of social radicalism
The modernity of Thomas Paine
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Chronology
Introduction The age of Paine
The problem of Thomas Paine
British radical traditions, 1688
1789
Natural rights and natural law
The emergence of the reform movement
1 'Apostle of liberty': the life of Thomas Paine
2 'The cause of all mankind': Paine and the American revolution
Colonial radicalism, 1765
76
Independence sounded: Common Sense (1776)
Interpreting Common Sense
The Tories respond
Paine at war: The American Crisis (1776
83)
American independence as a democratic revolution
3 Republicanism contested: Burke's Reflections (1790) and the Rights of Man (1791
92)
Radicalism and Dissent, 1788
90
The 'manifesto of a counter
revolution': Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
Early responses to Burke (1790
92)
Exporting America: the Rights of Man. Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution (February 1791)
Towards social justice: the Rights of Man, Part Second. Combining Principle and Practice (1792)
4 Paine's achievement
Constitutionalism, conventions and republicanism
Natural rights and natural law
Commerce, wealth and equality
Quakerism and the millennium
Paine's language and appeal
5 A great awakening: the birth of the Revolutionary Party
'The whiskey of infidelity and treason': the Rights of Man and popular politics
How Paine was read
'All change at Hounslow': middle
class radicalism and the Painites
Critics from the left
6 Inequality vindicated: the government party
Painophobia unleashed: governmental and loyalist reaction
Scurrilous abuse
Arguments against the Rights of Man: property and civilization
Natural rights and the state of nature
The Painite counterattack
Religion and revolution
7 Revolution in heaven: The Age of Reason (1794
95)
Introduction
Deism in the eighteenth century
The Age of Reason
The reception of The Age of Reason
Conclusion
8 Revolution in civilization: Agrarian Justice (1797)
Agrarian Justice: natural jurisprudence secularized
Deism and the Creation
The reception of Agrarian Justice
Conclusion Political saint: the legend of Thomas Paine
Paine's reputation
The emergence of social radicalism
The modernity of Thomas Paine
Bibliography
Index
Chronology
Introduction The age of Paine
The problem of Thomas Paine
British radical traditions, 1688
1789
Natural rights and natural law
The emergence of the reform movement
1 'Apostle of liberty': the life of Thomas Paine
2 'The cause of all mankind': Paine and the American revolution
Colonial radicalism, 1765
76
Independence sounded: Common Sense (1776)
Interpreting Common Sense
The Tories respond
Paine at war: The American Crisis (1776
83)
American independence as a democratic revolution
3 Republicanism contested: Burke's Reflections (1790) and the Rights of Man (1791
92)
Radicalism and Dissent, 1788
90
The 'manifesto of a counter
revolution': Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
Early responses to Burke (1790
92)
Exporting America: the Rights of Man. Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution (February 1791)
Towards social justice: the Rights of Man, Part Second. Combining Principle and Practice (1792)
4 Paine's achievement
Constitutionalism, conventions and republicanism
Natural rights and natural law
Commerce, wealth and equality
Quakerism and the millennium
Paine's language and appeal
5 A great awakening: the birth of the Revolutionary Party
'The whiskey of infidelity and treason': the Rights of Man and popular politics
How Paine was read
'All change at Hounslow': middle
class radicalism and the Painites
Critics from the left
6 Inequality vindicated: the government party
Painophobia unleashed: governmental and loyalist reaction
Scurrilous abuse
Arguments against the Rights of Man: property and civilization
Natural rights and the state of nature
The Painite counterattack
Religion and revolution
7 Revolution in heaven: The Age of Reason (1794
95)
Introduction
Deism in the eighteenth century
The Age of Reason
The reception of The Age of Reason
Conclusion
8 Revolution in civilization: Agrarian Justice (1797)
Agrarian Justice: natural jurisprudence secularized
Deism and the Creation
The reception of Agrarian Justice
Conclusion Political saint: the legend of Thomas Paine
Paine's reputation
The emergence of social radicalism
The modernity of Thomas Paine
Bibliography
Index