Burke, Paine, and the rights of man: a difference of political opinion

One / A Public Controversy 1790–1792 -- Publication of Reflections; mixed reception -- English opinion of the French revolution; surprise at Burke's hostility -- Paine's complaint against Burke; was it justified? -- Two / Thomas Paine: the man and his ideas 1737–1790 -- I. Paine's Early Life -- II. Paine's Political Ideas -- III. Paine's Hopes of a Political Reformation in England. His Return to Europe -- Three / A different outlook: Edmund Burke -- I. Burke and Paine Contrasted -- II. Burke's Characteristic Ideas -- III. Burke's Reaction to the French Revolution -- Four / Burke rejects the rights of man -- I. Criticism of the "Rights of Man" Philosophy -- II. The "Rights of Man" Philosophy Incompatible with the Spirit of the English Constitution -- III. Criticism -- Five / Paine replies to Burke: Rights of Man -- Paine plans to write on the revolution -- Paine fails to understand Burke -- Paine's interpretation of the French revolution -- Man and his rights -- Paine's attack on the English constitution -- Rejection of the hereditary principle in government -- Rejection of state religion -- Criticism of the English financial system -- Attack on the English crown, and parliamentary system of government -- Conclusion -- Six / Reflections and public opinion, 1791 -- The reaction within Burke's own party -- Mackintosh and the "New Whigs" -- The reply of the reformers -- Mary Wollstonecraft and the social protest -- Joseph Priestley and the reply of the dissenters -- Burke's retort: "Either Burke or Paine" -- Seven / Rights of Man and public opinion, 1791 -- I. The Pamphleteers and Reviewers -- II. Rights of Man and the Constitutional Societies -- III. Positive Effect of Rights of Man. Paine and the Working-Class Movement -- Conclusion -- Ouvrages publiés dans la Collection de l'Ecole des Sciences politiques et sociales.