A Vindication of the Rights of Men
In a Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke
Assigned by 1 of the 9 reading lists, catalogue entry only
- Written
- 1790
- Form
- Political theory
- Language
- English
- Length
- Short · 90 ppunder 120 pages
- Difficulty
- Demanding3 of 5 for a first-year reader
We recommendA Vindication of the Rights of Woman and A Vindication of the Rights of MenOxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics), 2009Both Vindications in one volume; the Rights of Men is rarely printed alone.
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The first published reply to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, written in a month and issued anonymously in November 1790. Wollstonecraft accuses Burke of sentimental theatricality, of defending property and hereditary privilege in the name of tradition, and of feeling for the queen of France while ignoring the poor. Against him she sets natural rights grounded in reason and God, and argues that inherited wealth and rank corrupt manners and morals. A second edition carried her name and made her reputation.
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