A Note On Common Sense and Christian Eschatology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7973264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Newman (0000-0002-2674-9154, Cornell University), Stephen L Newman (0000-0002-0319-8353, Cornell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 101-108 |
| Publication date | 1978-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5917 • E-ISSN: 1552-7476 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/009059177800600107 |
| OpenAlex | W1967881306 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
According Bernard Bailyn, Common Sense carried its case for independence to the point where the whole received paradigm within which the Anglo-American controversy had until then preceded came into question. Thomas Paine's success with Common Sense is not easily accounted for. In trying, commentators have repeatedly been drawn the pamphlet's lack of scholarly citations designed impress the educated elite and its substitution of the everyday language of the common man for the Latin-studded prose typically employed by colonial pamphleteers. Dispassionate reason can unmask the historical monarch a thief, thereby undermining his legitimacy, but unaided it provides no motive revolution. Paine's prophetic voice emphasizes the providential discovery of America after the Reformation, as if the Almighty graciously meant open a sanctuary the persecuted in future years, when home should afford neither the friendship nor safety
Common sense · Elite · Epistemology · Legitimacy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 1995 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |