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The selected political writings of John Locke, texts, background selections, sources, interpretations, edited by Paul E. Sigmund

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The selected political writings of John Locke, texts, background selections, sources, interpretations, edited by Paul E. Sigmund

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The selected political writings of John Locke

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

56419414

Responsibility statement

edited by Paul E. Sigmund

Series statement

Norton critical edition

Sub title

texts, background selections, sources, interpretations

Table Of Contents

The selected political writings of John Locke. Two treatises on government ; The second treatise of government ; A letter concerning toleration. -- Background selections. Essays on the law of nature (1663-64) ; An essay concerning human understanding (1671-90) ; from The reasonableness of Christianity (1695). -- Sources. Richard Hooker - Of the laws of ecclesiastical polity (1593) ; Hugo Grotius - On the law of war and peace (1625) ; Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan (1651) ; Samuel von Pufendorf - On the law of nature and of nations (1672) ; Sir Robert Filmer - Patriarcha or the natural power of kings defending against the unnatural liberty of the people (1680). --Interpretations. Locke as Hobbesian hedonist: Leo Strauss - from Natural rights and history, John Yolton - Strauss on Locke's Law of nature, A. John Simmons - from The Lockean theory of rights ; Locke as apologist for capitalism: C. B. Macpherson - Locke and possessive individualism, Alan Ryan - Locke and the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie ; Equality and majority rule in Locke: Paul E. Sigmund - Equality, legitimacy, and majority rule in Locke: continuity and change, Jeremy Waldron - from God, Locke, and equality ; Locke as collectivist: James Tully - Property and obligation to Locke, Jeremy Waldron - Locke's discussion of property ; Lockean individualism: atomistic or social?: Charles Taylor - The "punctual" self: Locke and atomistic instrumentalism, Ruth Grant - Locke's political anthropology and Lockean individualism ; Consent and representation: genuine or fictitious? A. John Simmons - The meaning of consent in Locke, Geraint Parry - Locke on representation in politics ; Locke as a revolutionary?: Richard Ashcraft - Radicalism and Lockean political theory, Mark Goldie - Conservative revolutionary or social democrat? ; Religion and politics: W. M. Spellman - Locke and original sin, John Dunn - The claim to freedom of conscience: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom or worship, David Wootton - An evaluation of Locke's argument against persecution ; Women and slavery: liberal or conservative?: James Farr - "So vile and miserable an estate": the problem of slavery in Locke's political thought, Melissa Butler - Early liberal roots of feminism: John Locke and the attack on patriarchy ; Locke in America: Steven M. Dworetz - Locke, liberalism, and the American Revolution

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adult

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