Rights of Man

Name: Rights of Man
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Thomas Paine
ISBN: 9781666560183

Author: Thomas Paine

Narrator: Lewis Arlt

Unabridged: 8 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 06/07/2022

Categories: Nonfiction, Political Science, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Political Freedom

Synopsis

Written by political activist and revolutionary Thomas Paine, Rights of Man defends the French Revolution and argued for written constitutions, welfare, and widespread education for all. Published in two parts in 1791 and 1792, it was a direct response to Edmund Burke's attack in Reflections on the Revolution in France that was released in 1790. Born in England, Thomas Paine became an avid American activist who inspired patriots to declare independence to create the United States of America. Rights of Man advocates for political revolution when the government fails to safeguard the natural rights of its people.

About Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an English and American political activist and theorist. He is the author of Common Sense, the most influential pamphlet at the start of the American Revolution.

About Lewis Arlt

Lewis Arlt is an experienced narrator, voiceover artist, and actor who has been seen on television and Broadway. A seasoned professional, he is able to narrate a variety of genres. He currently resides in the Catskill Mountains in New York’s Hudson Valley, where he records out of his home studio.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jon

Under what circumstances is political revolution permissible? What should the people do when a government no longer safeguards the rights of all classes? I look at the turmoil that is going on in America right now and wish that our elected officials would read this book; perhaps this old ideological......more

Goodreads review by Sean Barrs

“The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.” The ruling governments have no special rights; they have no privileges and they have no entitlements. At least, they ought not to have according to Paine. For him the government exists to serve; it has a duty......more

Goodreads review by Kevin

“It is by distortedly exulting some men that others are distortedly debased.” Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man is to the disposition of freedom and liberty what Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species is to the evolution and natural selection of life. Yes, it is imperfect, but it put forth a coalesced......more

Goodreads review by Robert

In an age of brilliant political writers, Paine, a naturalized American citizen and inspired propagandist for the American Revolutionary cause, represents perhaps the era’s most radical and unfiltered ideological voice. Written in the immediate aftermath of the French Revolution and the somewhat rem......more