- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; New edition edition (21 Jan 1971)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0198710186
- ISBN-13: 978-0198710189
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I assume the buyer will know that William Godwin was the husband of Mary Wolestonecraft and father of Mary Shelley, and father-in-law of the poet Shelley. (The great quartet are buried in a churchyard in Bournemouth town centre, if you are nearby). While the Terror raged in France and Pitt responded with censorship and arrests of radicals in Britain, Godwin wrote this first statement of anarchism. It is a plea for the abolition of the state and its replacement, not by some sort of selfish and competitive individualism, but voluntary association based on simple inner goodness and personal conscience.
It would be redundant to say more: if the reader is aware of the historical context, between Enlightenment and Romanticism, and at the moment the French Revolution turned into a totalitarian nightmare, it all makes instant sense.
200+ years on it remains lucid, readable, thought-provoking and even inspiring. Utopian though Godwin was, his humanity and absolute scepticism about power and those who seek it cannot but command respect.
For a £20 or £15 book to come down to half the price seems reasonable, though would it not be lovely to find a hardback version in some local second-hand bookshop. 40 years ago these anarchist, socialist and other radical paperbacks were the main stock-in-trade of university and university-town bookshops: from the LSE bookshop windows one could spot Godwin, Marx and Gramsci from 30 paces--now they seem to have been relegated to the back shelves. How times change!
So, recommended in any case, and recommended at the price.
It would be redundant to say more: if the reader is aware of the historical context, between Enlightenment and Romanticism, and at the moment the French Revolution turned into a totalitarian nightmare, it all makes instant sense.
200+ years on it remains lucid, readable, thought-provoking and even inspiring. Utopian though Godwin was, his humanity and absolute scepticism about power and those who seek it cannot but command respect.
For a £20 or £15 book to come down to half the price seems reasonable, though would it not be lovely to find a hardback version in some local second-hand bookshop. 40 years ago these anarchist, socialist and other radical paperbacks were the main stock-in-trade of university and university-town bookshops: from the LSE bookshop windows one could spot Godwin, Marx and Gramsci from 30 paces--now they seem to have been relegated to the back shelves. How times change!
So, recommended in any case, and recommended at the price.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
More on this horrible reproduction.
26 July 2010
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First off, I agree with everything that the previous reviewer said, but would like to add some more information about how much you should NOT buy the BiblioLife edition of this book.
My major complaint is that the book is, in fact, in complete. The BiblioLife edition includes only volume 1 of what was originally published in 2 volumes. Other editions available at Amazon.com include the full text of the book, whereas this one is only the first half. Nothing on the cover indicates that it is incomplete, so it's worse than just a poor-quality book; it's more like fraud.
Another notable flaw is that all footnotes are gone without a trace. I have just received another edition of this book and it is FULL of footnotes written by the author. Under no circumstances whatsoever should you buy the BiblioLife edition of this book.
My major complaint is that the book is, in fact, in complete. The BiblioLife edition includes only volume 1 of what was originally published in 2 volumes. Other editions available at Amazon.com include the full text of the book, whereas this one is only the first half. Nothing on the cover indicates that it is incomplete, so it's worse than just a poor-quality book; it's more like fraud.
Another notable flaw is that all footnotes are gone without a trace. I have just received another edition of this book and it is FULL of footnotes written by the author. Under no circumstances whatsoever should you buy the BiblioLife edition of this book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
The type is too small in this horrible reproduction
24 Mar 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This review concerns the BiblioLife edition only, and does not address the content of the text. I just wanted to warn others that the type in this book is extremely small, small enough that many people may need magnification to read it. The book is actually a reproduction of an 1842 edition, and a poor reproduction at that: some of the pages are printed annoyingly askew, some pages have blurred text, and on some pages BiblioLife has actually printed the underlines and other marks made by whoever used the original copy of the 1842 edition.
This edition of Godwin's text is practically useless, and definitely not worth $20.
This edition of Godwin's text is practically useless, and definitely not worth $20.
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