A Macat analysis of Thomas Paine's Rights of man (Record no. 60392)
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| fixed length control field | 01743nam a22001577a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781912128983 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 323.5 |
| Item number | ASS/M |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Assis, Mariana |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A Macat analysis of Thomas Paine's Rights of man |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London |
| Name of publisher | Macat International |
| Year of publication | 2017 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 87p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Thomas Paine’s 1791 Rights of Man is an impassioned political tract showing how the critical thinking skills of evaluation and reasoning can, and must, be applied to contentious issues.<br/><br/>Divided into two parts, Rights of Man is, first, a response to Edmund Burke’s arguments against the French Revolution, put forward in his Reflections on the Revolution in France – also available in the Macat Library – and, second, an argument for how to run a fair and just society. The first part is a sustained performance in evaluation: Paine takes Burke’s arguments, and systematically exposes the ways in which Burke’s reasons against revolution are inadequate compared to the necessity of having a just society run according to a universal notion of people’s rights as individuals. The second part turns to an examination of different political systems, setting out a powerfully-structured argument for universal rights, a clear constitution enshrined in law, and a universal right to vote.<br/><br/>Though Paine is in many ways a stronger rhetorician than he is a clear thinker, his reasons for preferring democracy to hereditary forms of government are compelling, coherent and clear. Rights of Man is a masterclass in how to use good reasoning to present a persuasive argument.<br/><br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | War--Causes |
| -- | France |
| -- | Great Britain |
| -- | Rights of man (Paine, Thomas) |
| -- | Politics and government |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Xidias, Jason |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 06/01/2021 | 323.5 ASS/M | 51770 | BK |