A vindication of the rights of men, in a letter to the Right Honourable Edmund…
"A Vindication of the Rights of Men, in a Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke; Occasioned by His Reflections on the Revolution in France" by Mary Wollstonecraft is a political pamphlet written in 1790. This fierce response attacks Edmund Burke's defense of monarchy and aristocracy, becoming the first salvo in a pamphlet war over the French Revolution. Wollstonecraft dismantles hereditary privilege and Burke's gendered rhetoric, advocating instead for republicanism and middle-class
virtue. Her unabashedly feminist critique challenges a society built on women's passivity, contrasting Enlightenment progress with Burke's reliance on tradition. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 |
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| Title | A vindication of the rights of men, in a letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke; occasioned by his Reflections on the Revolution in France |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Vindication_of_the_Rights_of_Men |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 47.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | JC: Political science: Political theory |
| Subject | France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Causes |
| Subject | Liberty |
| Subject | Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797. Reflections on the revolution in France |
| Subject | Human rights |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 62757 |
| Release Date | Jul 25, 2020 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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