An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
$43.56
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
23 October 2013
Summary
Political Justice: The Dawn of Philosophical Anarchism
‘To a rational being there can be but one rule of conduct, justice, and one mode of ascertaining that rule, the exercise of his understanding.’
Godwin’s Political Justice is the founding text of philosophical anarchism. Written in the immediate aftermath of the French Revolution, it exemplifies the political optimism felt by many writers and intellectuals. Godwin drew on enlightenment ideas and his background in religiou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199642625 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199642621 |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
| Author: | William Godwin, Mark Philp |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 23 October 2013 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 142mm x 26mm |
About The Author
William Godwin
Mark Philp is the General Editor of the Collected Novels and Memoirs of William Godwin, 8 vols (1992), the Political and Philosophical Writings of William Godwin, 7 vols (1993), and has also co-edited The Diary of William Godwin (2010). His books include Godwin’s Political Justice (1986), Thomas Paine (2007), Political Conduct (2007), and, with Joanna Innes, Re-Imagining Democracy in the Age ofRevolutions (Oxford, 2013).
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