Entre utopia libertária e realismo político: Godwin e Shelley diante da revolução

Piozzi, Patrizia

doi:10.1590/S0101-31731996000100002

Resumos

O artigo examina as idéias políticas de Godwin e Shelley, tendo como pano de fundo a emergência e crise do radicalismo "jacobino" inglês, durante a década de 1790. A análise busca mostrar o desenvolvimento - e impasses - dos ideais libertários destes autores diante das profundas transformações em curso, entre o fim do século XVIII e o começo do século XIX.

Anarquia; revolução; modernidade; razão; utopia

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.

Anarchy; revolution; modernity; reason; Utopia

ARTIGOS ORIGINAIS

Entre utopia libertária e realismo político: Godwin e Shelley diante da revolução

Between libertarian utopia and political realism: Godwin and Shelley on revolution

Patrizia Piozzi

Departamento de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas à Educação - Unicamp - 13081-970 - Campinas - SP

RESUMO

O artigo examina as idéias políticas de Godwin e Shelley, tendo como pano de fundo a emergência e crise do radicalismo "jacobino" inglês, durante a década de 1790. A análise busca mostrar o desenvolvimento - e impasses - dos ideais libertários destes autores diante das profundas transformações em curso, entre o fim do século XVIII e o começo do século XIX.

Palavras-chave: Anarquia; revolução; modernidade; razão; 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 XlXth centuries.

Keywords: Anarchy; revolution; modernity; reason; Utopia.

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BRAILSFORD, H. N. Shelley, Godwin and their Circle. London: Williams and Norgate, 1913.
BUTLER, M. Burke, Paine, Godwin and the Revolution Controversy. Cambridge: CUP, 1984.
FOOT, P. Red Shelley. London: Book Marks, 1984.
GODWIN, W. An Account of the Seminary that will be opened on Monday, the fourth day of August at Epson in Surrey. London: T. Cadell, 1783.
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[1] BRAILSFORD, H. N. Shelley, Godwin and their Circle. London: Williams and Norgate, 1913.

[2] BUTLER, M. Burke, Paine, Godwin and the Revolution Controversy. Cambridge: CUP, 1984.

[3] FOOT, P. Red Shelley. London: Book Marks, 1984.

[4] GODWIN, W. An Account of the Seminary that will be opened on Monday, the fourth day of August at Epson in Surrey. London: T. Cadell, 1783.

[5] GODWIN, W. Considerations on Lord' Grenville' and Mr. Pitt's Bills (by a "lover of order"). London: J. Johnson, 1795.

[6] ______. Thoughts Occasioned by the Perusal of Dr. Pan's Spital Sermon, Being a Reply to the Attacks of Dr. Parr, Mackintosh, Malthus, and others. London: J. P.Robinson, 1801.

[7] ______. Of Population: An Enquiry Concerning the Power of Increase in the Numbers of Mankind. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1820.

[8] ______. Thoughts on Man, his Nature, Production, and Discoveries; Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author. London: E. Wilson, 1831.

[9] ______. Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and Happiness. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1946. 3v.

[10] ______. Caleb Williams. Oxford: OUP, 1991.

[11] MACKINTOSH, J. Vindiciae Gallicae, defense of the French Revolution and its English Admirers Against the Accusations of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke. London: J. Robinson, 1791.

[12] McNIECE, G. Shelley and the Revolutionary Idea. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969.

[13] PAINE, T. Rights of Man, Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution. London: Everyman's Library, 1915.

[14] ______. Common Sense. In: ______. Common Sense and Other Political Writings. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merril, 1953.

[15] SHELLEY, P. B. A Defense of Poetry. In: Clarke, D. L. (Org.) Shelley's Prose or the Trumpet of a Prophecy. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1954a.

[16] ______. A Philosophical point of view of Reform. In: Clarke, D. L. (Org.) Shelley's Prose or the Trumpet of a Prophecy. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1954b.

[17] ______. A Proposal for Putting Reform to the Vote Throughout the Kingdom. In: Clarke, D. L. (Org.) Shelley's Prose or the Trumpet of a Prophecy. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1954c.

[18] THOMPSON, E. P. The Making of the English Working Class. London: Gollancz, 1963.

[19] WOLLSTONECRAFT, M. A Vindication of the Rights of Men, in a Letter to the Hon. Edmund Burke; Occasioned by his Reflections on the Revolution in France, London, 1790. (Editado pela autora).

[20] ______. An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution and the Effects it has produced in Europe. London: Robinson, 1794. v.I.

[21] WOODCOCK, G. Godwin: A Biographical Study. London: Porcupine Press, 1946.

[22] ______. Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements. Harmondsworth: Pelican, 1970.