William Godwin (and his diary)
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… 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 …
… that eighteenth-century streets were performative spaces in which every address had its meaning, and every encounter its conventions, and where social mixing was at its most jumbled. Finally, in the work of Michel de Certeau and his …
… the most senior person present, and the carcass of the slayed deer was dissected and carted away following strict social conventions. For the low-status fox, whilst hunted on foot and with traps and snares, such flattery was unknown, but as …