Thomas Paine

515 Pages·2018·13.976 MB·English

by  Bruce Kuklick

Thomas Paine
International Library of Essays in the History of Social and Political Thought
Series Editor: Tom Campbell
Titles in the Series
Friedrich Hayek
Norman Bany
Jean Bodin
Julian H. Franklin
Burke
Iain Hampsher-Monk
Talcott Parsons
John Holmwood
Aquinas
John Inglis
Aristotle
George Klosko
Thomas Paine
Bruce Kuklick
Max Weher
Peter Lassman
T.H. Green
John Morrow
Heidegger
Stephen Mulhall
Benthan
Frederick Rosen
Nietzsche
Tracy Strong
Isaiah Berlin
Scott Veitch
Thomas Paine
Edited by
Bruce Kuklick
University of Pennsylvania, USA
First published 2006 by Ashgate Publishing
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Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Series Preface ix
Introduction xi
PART I SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE
1 A. Owen Aldridge (1975), ‘Thomas Paine: A Survey of Research and Criticism
since 1945’, British Studies Monitor, 5, pp. 3-29. 3
2 Caroline Robbins (1983), ‘The Lifelong Education of Thomas Paine (1737-1809):
Some Reflections upon his Acquaintance Among Books’, Proceedings of the
American Philosophical Society, 127, pp. 135-42. 31
PART II TOM PAINE AND THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL IDEAS
3 William Christian (1973), ‘The Moral Economics of Tom Paine’, Journal of the
History of Ideas, 34, pp. 367-80. 41
4 Bernard Bailyn (1990), ‘Thomas Paine “Prepare in Time an Asylum for Mankind’”,
Faces of Revolution, pp. 67-84. 55
5 Stephen Newman (1978), ‘A Note on Common Sense and Christian Eschatology’,
Political Theory, 6, pp. 101-8. 73
6 Jack Fruchtman, Jr. (1989), ‘Nature and Revolution in Paine’s Common Sense',
History of Political Thought, 10, pp. 421-38. 81
7 Gary Kates (1989), ‘From Liberalism to Radicalism: Tom Paine’s Rights ofMan\
Journal of the History of Ideas, 50, pp. 569-87. 99
8 Ian Harris (1992), ‘Paine and Burke: God, Nature and Politics’ in M. Bentley
(ed.), Public and Private Doctrine: Essays in British History presented to
Maurice Cowling, pp. 34-62. 119
9 John W. Seaman (1988), ‘Thomas Paine: Ransom, Civil Peace, and the Natural
Right to Welfare’, Political Theory, 16, pp. 120-42. 149
10 Gregory Claeys (1987), ‘Paine’s Agrarian Justice (1796) and the Secularisation
of Natural Jurisprudence’, Bulletin of the Society for the Study of Labor History,
52, pp. 21-31. 173
PART III PAINE AND REPUBLICAN IDEOLOGY
11 Michael Durey (1987), ‘Thomas Paine’s Apostles: Radical Emigrés and the Triumph
of Jeffersonian Republicanism’, William and Mary Quarterly, 44, pp. 661-88. 187
vi Thomas Paine
12 Richard J. Ellis (1992), ‘Radical Lockeanism in American Political Culture’,
Western Political Quarterly, 45, pp. 825-49. 215
13 Mark Philp (1998), ‘English Republicanism in the 1790s’, Journal of Political
Philosophy, 6, pp. 235-62. 241
PART IV PAINE AND THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF IDEAS
14 Gordon S. Wood (1987), ‘Ideology and the Origins of Liberal America’, William
and Mary Quarterly, 44, pp. 628-40. 271
15 Arthur Sheps (1975), ‘The American Revolution and the Transformation of
English Republicanism’, Historical Reflections, 2, pp. 3-28. 285
16 Isaac Kramnick (1977), ‘Religion and Radicalism: English Political Theory in the
Age of Revolution’, Political Theory, 5, pp. 505-34. 311
17 Jack P. Greene (1978), ‘Paine, America, and the “Modernization” of Political
Consciousness’, Political Science Quarterly, 93, pp. 73-92. 341
PART V LITERARY ANALYSES OF PAINE’S WRITINGS
18 Robert A. Ferguson (2000), ‘The Commonalities of Common Sense\ William and
Mary Quarterly, 57, pp. 465-504. 363
19 Elaine K. Ginsberg (1977), ‘Style and Identification in Common Sense’, West
Virginia University Bulletin, 23, pp. 26-36. 403
20 Winthrop D. Jordan (1973), ‘Familial Politics: Thomas Paine and the Killing of
the King, 1776’, Journal of American History, 60, pp. 294-308. 415
21 Martin Roth (1987), ‘Tom Paine and American Loneliness’, Early American
Literature, 22, pp. 175-82. 431
22 Molly Anne Rothenberg (1992), ‘Parasiting America: The Radical Function of
Heterogeneity in Thomas Paine’s Early Writings’, Eighteenth-Century Studies,
25, pp. 331-51. 439
PART VI PAINE IN RADICAL HISTORY
23 Harvey J. Kaye (1995), ‘Radicals and the Making of American Democracy:
Toward a New Narrative of American History’, History Teacher, 28, pp. 217-25. 463
24 Ian Dyck (1993), ‘Local Attachments, National Identities and World Citizenship
in the Thought of Thomas Paine’, History Workshop Journal, 35, pp. 117-35. 473
Name Index 493
Acknowledgements
The editor and publishers wish to thank the following for permission to use copyright material.
American Philosophical Society for the essay: Caroline Robbins (1983), ‘The Lifelong Education
of Thomas Paine (1737-1809): Some Reflections upon his Acquaintance Among Books’,
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 127, pp. 135-42.
Bernard Bailyn for the essay: Bernard Bailyn (1990), ‘Thomas Paine “Prepare in Time an
Asylum for Mankind”’, Faces of Revolution, New York: Knopf, pp. 67-84.
Blackwell Publishing for the essay: Mark Philp (1998), ‘English Republicanism in the 1790s’,
Journal of Political Philosophy, 6, pp. 235-62.
Cambridge University Press for the essay: Ian Harris (1992), ‘Paine and Burke: God, Nature
and Politics’ in M. Bentley (ed.), Public and Private Doctrine: Essays in British History presented
to Maurice Cowling, pp. 34-62. Copyright © 1992 Cambridge University Press. Reproduced
with permission.
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The Radical Function of Heterogeneity in Thomas Paine’s Early Writings’, Eighteenth-Century
Studies, 25, pp. 331-51.
Historical Reflections for the essay: Arthur Sheps (1975), ‘The American Revolution and the
Transformation of English Republicanism’, Historical Reflections, 2, pp. 3-28.
Imprint Academic for the essay: Jack Fruchtman, Jr. (1989), ‘Nature and Revolution in Paine’s
Common Sense\ History of Political Thought, 10, pp. 421-38. Copyright © 1989 Imprint
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The Johns Hopkins University Press for the essays: William Christian (1973), ‘The Moral
Economics of Tom Paine’, Journal of the History of Ideas, 34, pp. 367-80. Copyright © 1973
Journal of the History of Ideas, Inc. Reprinted with permission of the Johns Hopkins University
Press; Gary Kates (1989), ‘From Liberalism to Radicalism: Tom Paine’s Rights of Man\ Journal
of the History of Ideas, 50, pp. 569-87. Copyright © 1989 Journal of the History of Ideas, Inc.
Reprinted with permission of the Johns Hopkins University Press.
Journal of American History for the essay: Winthrop D. Jordan (1973), ‘Familial Politics: Thomas
Paine and the Killing of the King, 1776’, Journal of American History, 60, pp. 294-308.
viii Thomas Paine
Oxford University Press for the essay: Ian Dyck (1993), ‘Local Attachments, National Identities
and World Citizenship in the Thought of Thomas Paine ’, History Workshop Journal, 35, pp. 117—
35.
Philological Papers for the essay: Elaine K. Ginsberg (1977), ‘Style and Identification in
Common Sense’, West Virginia University Bulletin, 23, pp. 26-36.
Political Research Quarterly for the essay: Richard J. Ellis (1992), ‘Radical Lockeanism in
American Political Culture’, Western Political Quarterly, 45, pp. 825-49. Reprinted by
permission of the University of Utah.
Sage Publications for the essays: John W. Seaman (1988), ‘Thomas Paine: Ransom, Civil Peace,
and the Natural Right to Welfare’, Political Theory, 16, pp. 120-42; Isaac Kramnick (1977),
‘Religion and Radicalism: English Political Theory in the Age of Revolution’, Political Theory,
5, pp. 505-34.
The University of North Carolina for the essay: Martin Roth (1987), ‘Tom Paine and American
Loneliness’, Early American Literature, 22, pp. 175-82. Copyright © 1987 Department of
English at the University of North Carolina. Used by permission of the University of North
Carolina Press.
William and Mary Quarterly for the essays: Michael Durey (1987), ‘Thomas Paine’s Apostles:
Radical Emigrés and the Triumph of Jeffersonian Republicanism’, William and Mary Quarterly,
44, pp. 661-88; Gordon S. Wood (1987), ‘Ideology and the Origins of Liberal America’, William
and Mary Quarterly, 44, pp. 628-40; Robert A. Ferguson (2000), ‘The Commonalities of
Common Sense\ William and Mary Quarterly, 57, pp. 465-504.
Every effort has been made to trace all the copyright holders, but if any have been inadvertently
overlooked the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangement at the first
opportunity.
Series Preface
The International Library of Essays in the History of Social and Political Thought brings together
collections of important essays dealing with the work of major figures in the history of social
and political thought. The aim is to make accessible the complete text with the original pagination
of those essays that should be read by all scholars working in that field. In each case, the
selection is made from the extensive available literature by an established expert who has a
keen sense of the continuing relevance of the history of social and political thought for
contemporary theory and practice. The selection is made on the basis of the quality and enduring
significance of the essays in question. Every volume has an introduction that places the selection
made in the context of the wider literature, the historical period, the contemporary state of
scholarship and the editor’s particular interests.
TOM CAMPBELL
Series Editor
Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE)
Charles Sturt University
Canberra