William Godwin (and his diary) [ Philosophy / Politics / Political & Moral philosophy / Feelings & Emotions / Diaries & Letters ]
… and its aftermath. But it raises questions about how he reconciled his extensive sociability with his critique of social conventions, manners and fashion. Recognizing this tension should encourage us to see that the appearance of extensive … > Politics Concepts > Political & Moral philosophy Concepts > Feelings & Emotions Objects > Diaries & Letters Keywords Conventions Correspondence Diaries Friendship Politics Radicalism William Godwin (1756-1836) was the founding father of … utopianism in Political Justice . What he and others underestimated was their own embeddedness in and dependence on conventions and expectations and the difficulties of breaking free from these, so that relations involving the opposite …
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