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William Godwin: A Political Life

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by Richard Gough Thomas

    • Author

      Richard Gough Thomas

    • Book Format

      Hardcover

    • Publisher

      Pluto Press (UK)

    • Published

      February 2019

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      William Godwin: A Political Life

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      '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.

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      • Author

        Richard Gough Thomas

      • Book Format

        Hardcover

      • Publisher

        Pluto Press (UK)

      • Published

        February 2019

      • Weight

        373g

      • Dimensions

        140 x 216 x 15 mm

      • ISBN

        9780745338361

      • ISBN-10

        0745338364

      • Eden Code

        4960605

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      • Author/Creator: Richard Gough Thomas

      • ISBN: 9780745338361

      • Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)

      • Release Date: February 2019

      • Weight: 373g

      • Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 15 mm

      • Eden Code: 4960605

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