Rights of Man

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book non-fiction book political treatise

Rights of Man is Thomas Paine’s influential 1791–92 political treatise defending the French Revolution and arguing for natural rights, popular sovereignty, and social reforms.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Rights of Man canonical 6
The Rights of Man 2
Rights of Man, Part I 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
political treatise ⓘ
advocatesConcept natural rights ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
progressive taxation ⓘ
representative government ⓘ
republican government ⓘ
welfare provisions ⓘ
alternativeTitle Rights of Man ⓘ
surface form: Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution
author Thomas Paine ⓘ
causedEvent prosecution of Thomas Paine for seditious libel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
criticizesAuthor Edmund Burke ⓘ
criticizesWork Reflections on the Revolution in France ⓘ
dedicatedTo George Washington ⓘ
genre pamphlet literature ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
hasCentralTheme legitimacy of government based on consent of the governed ⓘ
rights derived from nature rather than tradition ⓘ
hasPart Rights of Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rights of Man, Part I

Rights of Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rights of Man, Part II
influenced human rights discourse ⓘ
liberal political thought ⓘ
republican movements ⓘ
influencedBy American Revolutionary era ⓘ
surface form: American Revolution

Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatusAtPublication considered seditious in Britain ⓘ
opposesConcept aristocracy ⓘ
hereditary monarchy ⓘ
philosophicalTradition classical liberalism ⓘ
radical republicanism ⓘ
placeOfPublication London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
publicationEndYear 1792 ⓘ
publicationFormat two-part work ⓘ
publicationStartYear 1791 ⓘ
publisher J. S. Jordan ⓘ
subject French Revolution ⓘ
democracy ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
monarchy criticism ⓘ
natural rights ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
supportsEvent French Revolution ⓘ
timePeriod Age of Revolutions ⓘ
surface form: Age of Revolution
title Rights of Man self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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Thomas Paine → notableWork → Rights of Man ⓘ
Thomas Paine → wrote → Rights of Man ⓘ
Reflections on the Revolution in France → comparedTo → Rights of Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Paine's Rights of Man
Reflections on the Revolution in France → responseWork → Rights of Man ⓘ
Rights of Man → title → Rights of Man self-link ⓘ
Rights of Man → hasPart → Rights of Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rights of Man, Part I
Rights of Man → hasPart → Rights of Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rights of Man, Part II
Rights of Man → alternativeTitle → Rights of Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution
Agrarian Justice → relatedWork → Rights of Man ⓘ
Paine → notableWork → Rights of Man ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Paine
Thomas → notableWork → Rights of Man ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Paine
this entity surface form: The Rights of Man
Thomas → wrote → Rights of Man ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Paine
this entity surface form: The Rights of Man