William Godwin
A Political Life
Seiten
2019
Pluto Press (Verlag)
978-0-7453-3836-1 (ISBN)
Pluto Press (Verlag)
978-0-7453-3836-1 (ISBN)
A new biography of the infamous early anarchist whose life and work was at the heart of British Radicalism. Thomas reads Godwin afresh, addressing the souring of his critical reputation since his death and the unsympathetic twentieth-century scholarship, now drawing extensively on newly published letters and journals.
'Government by its very nature counteracts the improvement of original mind' - William Godwin
William Godwin was the first major anarchist thinker in the Anglophone world, who rocked the establishment at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Famously married to Mary Wollstonecraft, father to Mary Shelley and inspiration to Lord Byron, his life and works lie at the heart of British Radicalism and Romanticism.
In this biography, Richard Gough Thomas reads Godwin afresh, drawing on newly discovered letters and journals. He situates Godwin's early life in the counterculture of eighteenth-century religious dissent, before moving on to exploring the ideas of the French Revolution. As Godwin's groundbreaking works propelled him from Whig party hack to celebrity philosopher, his love affair with Mary Wollstonecraft saw him ostracised in both liberal and conservative circles.
Godwin's anarchism always remained at the centre of his work, and remains his key legacy, inspiring libertarians, both left and right-wing. This biography places Godwin alongside his famous family as a major political, ethical and educational writer and shows why a reappraisal of his ideas is needed today.
'Government by its very nature counteracts the improvement of original mind' - William Godwin
William Godwin was the first major anarchist thinker in the Anglophone world, who rocked the establishment at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Famously married to Mary Wollstonecraft, father to Mary Shelley and inspiration to Lord Byron, his life and works lie at the heart of British Radicalism and Romanticism.
In this biography, Richard Gough Thomas reads Godwin afresh, drawing on newly discovered letters and journals. He situates Godwin's early life in the counterculture of eighteenth-century religious dissent, before moving on to exploring the ideas of the French Revolution. As Godwin's groundbreaking works propelled him from Whig party hack to celebrity philosopher, his love affair with Mary Wollstonecraft saw him ostracised in both liberal and conservative circles.
Godwin's anarchism always remained at the centre of his work, and remains his key legacy, inspiring libertarians, both left and right-wing. This biography places Godwin alongside his famous family as a major political, ethical and educational writer and shows why a reappraisal of his ideas is needed today.
Richard Gough Thomas is a Liverpool-born scholar of education and anti-authoritarian thought, and the editor of the journal Dark Arts. He is the author of William Godwin: A Political Life (Pluto, 2019).
1. The Anarchist
2. The Minister: 1756-1793
3. The Philosopher: 1793
4. The Activist: 1794-1795
5. The Husband: 1796-1799
6. The Educator: 1800-1809
7. The Father: 1810-1819
8. The Pensioner: 1819-1836
9. The Legacy
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| Erscheinungsdatum | 27.02.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Revolutionary Lives |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 135 x 215 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7453-3836-4 / 0745338364 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7453-3836-1 / 9780745338361 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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