Between libertarian utopia and political realism

Godwin and Shelley on revolution

Authors

  • Patrizia Piozzi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-31731996000100002

Keywords:

Anarchy, Revolution, Modernity, Reason, Utopia

Abstract

This article investigates Godwin's and Shelley's political ideas within the broad backdrop established by the emergence and crisis of the English "jacobin" radicalism. The following analysis explores the development of and problems faced by the libertarian ideals of those thinkers and their reactions to the dramatic social and political changes which took place between the end of the XVIIIth and beginnings of the XIXth centuries.

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Published

1996-12-01

Issue

Vol. 19 (1996)

Section

Articles and Comments

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Copyright (c) 1996 TRANS/FORM/AÇÃO: Revista de Filosofia

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How to Cite

Between libertarian utopia and political realism: Godwin and Shelley on revolution. (1996). Trans/Form/Ação, 19, 35-46. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-31731996000100002

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