The Liberal Politics Of John Locke

Author : M. Seliger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
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Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000103960

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The Liberal Politics of John Locke by M. Seliger Pdf

Originally published in 1968. This book presents the synthesis of a coherent view of the Lockeian argument from his various works. This tests the inner consistency of Locke’s political theory against his own examples from history. The layers of Locke’s argumentation are analysed on metaphysics in the first part, his attitude towards historical precedents in the second, and in the third with the nature of the regime which he was ready to endorse. This provides the guidelines for a comprehensive reassessment of the liberal tradition, as well as an evaluation of what is still vital to it.

Author : John Locke
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003-03-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781603846868

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Locke: Political Writings by John Locke Pdf

John Locke's Second Treatise of Government (c. 1681) is perhaps the key founding liberal text. A Letter Concerning Toleration, written in 1685 (a year when a Catholic monarch came to the throne of England and Louis XVI unleashed a reign of terror against Protestants in France), is a classic defense of religious freedom. Yet many of Locke's other writings--not least the Constitutions of Carolina, which he helped draft--are almost defiantly anti-liberal in outlook. This comprehensive collection brings together the main published works (excluding polemical attacks on other people's views) with the most important surviving evidence from among Locke’s papers relating to his political philosophy. David Wootton's wide-ranging and scholarly Introduction sets the writings in the context of their time, examines Locke's developing ideas and unorthodox Christianity, and analyzes his main arguments. The result is the first fully rounded picture of Locke’s political thought in his own words.

Author : Ruth W. Grant
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226306919

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John Locke's Liberalism by Ruth W. Grant Pdf

In this work, Ruth W. Grant presents a new approach to John Locke's familiar works. Taking the unusual step of relating Locke's Two Treatises to his Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Grant establishes the unity and coherence of Locke's political arguments. She analyzes the Two Treatises as a systematic demonstration of liberal principles of right and power and grounds it in the epistemology set forth in the Essay.

Author : John Baltes
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781580465618

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The Empire of Habit by John Baltes Pdf

The Plague State -- Conclusion: Locke's Labor -- 4 Locke the Landgrave: Inegalitarian Discipline -- Locke in Context: Shaftesbury's Pen or Ashcraft's Radical? -- Waldron's Locke -- The Democratic Intellect -- Teleology and Equality -- Conclusion: Locke's Inegalitarian Discipline -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Author : Martin Seliger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:164507719

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The liberal politics of John Locke by Martin Seliger Pdf

Author : Paul L. Nevins Esq.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780313393525

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The Politics of Selfishness by Paul L. Nevins Esq. Pdf

In this thought-provoking book, the author argues that a preoccupation with the self and its solitary concerns—a mindset that is Locke's legacy—is at the root of America's present political and economic problems. John Locke was an English philosopher who is regarded as the "father of liberalism." His thinking had a profound influence on political philosophy; in fact, the founding fathers who drafted the Constitution of the United States based a portion of its content upon Locke's tenets. However, it can be argued that these Lockean concepts are ill-adapted to realities of the modern world, and as such are the root cause of dysfunction in our body politic today—and are hampering the Obama administration's attempts to effect change. This book traces the evolution of liberalism as a political philosophy in England and the United States from the 18th century to today. The author presents a series of historical and contemporary studies that illustrate how John Locke's political philosophy of antisocial individualism continues to affect modern American culture. Additionally, this book attempts to address why American "conservatives" are actually liberal, how American "liberals" can also be deemed liberal, to provide direction in getting American politics moving again, and restore the American dream for ourselves and our children.

Author : John Locke,David Wootton
Publisher : Hackett Publishing Company Incorporated
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0872206777

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Political Writings by John Locke,David Wootton Pdf

John Locke's Second Treatise of Government (c. 1681) is perhaps the key founding liberal text. A Letter Concerning Toleration, written in 1685 (a year when a Catholic monarch came to the throne of England and Louis XVI unleashed a reign of terror against Protestants in France), is a classic defense of religious freedom. Yet many of Locke's other writings--not least the Constitutions of Carolina, which he helped draft--are almost defiantly anti-liberal in outlook. This comprehensive collection brings together the main published works (excluding polemical attacks on other people's views) with the most important surviving evidence from among Locke’s papers relating to his political philosophy. David Wootton's wide-ranging and scholarly Introduction sets the writings in the context of their time, examines Locke's developing ideas and unorthodox Christianity, and analyzes his main arguments. The result is the first fully rounded picture of Locke’s political thought in his own words.

Author : Jeffrey R. Collins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108478816

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In the Shadow of Leviathan by Jeffrey R. Collins Pdf

Revolutionises our understanding of Hobbes's influence over Locke and their roles within the history of religious freedom and liberalism.

Author : JOHN WILLIAM. TATE
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367707195

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Liberty, Governance and Resistance by JOHN WILLIAM. TATE Pdf

John Locke is widely perceived as a foundational figure within the liberal tradition. This book investigates the competing purposes that informed Locke's political philosophy, not all of which resulted in outcomes consistent with what we today understand as "liberal" ideals. Locke himself was unaware that he belonged to a "liberal" tradition. Traditions only acquire meaning in retrospect. But many have perceived the development of Locke's political philosophy as involving a smooth evolution from "authoritarian" origins to "liberal" conclusions, beginning with Locke's Two Tracts on Government (1660-62) and culminating in his later political works, the Two Treatises of Government (1689) and A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689). This book advances an interpretation of this development which reveals how, by the time of his mature political writings, Locke sought to advance three competing imperatives within his political philosophy, only two of which were consistent with ideals of individual liberty. The other imperative sustained purposes much more aligned with the "authoritarianism" with which Locke's political philosophy began. The result is a much more complex and variegated understanding of Locke's political philosophy, focusing on its competing purposes. Liberty, Governance and Resistance will be of interest to researchers studying Locke, liberalism, and the history of ideas.

Author : Scott Robinson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781793617583

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John Locke and the Uncivilized Society by Scott Robinson Pdf

John Locke’s influence on American political culture has been largely misunderstood by his commentators. Though often regarded as the architect of a rationally ordered and civilized liberalism, John Locke and the Uncivilized Society demonstrates that Locke’s thought is culpable for the rather uncivilized expressions of political engagement seen recently in America. By relying upon Eric Voegelin’s concept of pneumopathology, Locke is shown to be subtly constructing a liberal ideology and thereby individuals who approach liberalism as closed-minded ideologues, not as deeply responsible and mature citizens. Because Locke’s citizens will be slogan chanters instead of deep thinkers, Locke’s work does not create a liberalism that provides the best possible regime for humans, but a mere shadow of the best possible regime.

Author : John Locke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0521478618

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Locke: Political Essays by John Locke Pdf

We know more about the development of John Locke's ideas than we do about almost any other philosopher's before modern times. This book brings together a comprehensive collection of the writings on politics and society that stand outside the canonical works which Locke published during his lifetime. In the aftermath of the Revolution of 1688 the three works by which he is chiefly known appeared: the Two Treatises of Government, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, and A Letter Concerning Toleration, and the themes raised in these works had been reflected upon over many years. Mark Goldie's edition makes possible the fullest exploration of the evolution of Locke's ideas concerning the philosophical foundations of morality and sociability, the boundary of church and state, the shaping of constitutions, and the conduct of government and public policy.

Author : John Locke
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780486111421

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The Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke Pdf

The first of these two highly influential documents refutes the concept of monarchy's divine right. The second argues for a broad acceptance of alternative religious convictions.

Author : John Dunn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1982-09-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781316583159

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The Political Thought of John Locke by John Dunn Pdf

This study provides a comprehensive reinterpretation of the meaning of Locke's political thought. John Dunn restores Locke's ideas to their exact context, and so stresses the historical question of what Locke in the Two Treatises of Government was intending to claim. By adopting this approach, he reveals the predominantly theological character of all Locke's thinking about politics and provides a convincing analysis of the development of Locke's thought. In a polemical concluding section, John Dunn argues that liberal and Marxist interpretations of Locke's politics have failed to grasp his meaning. Locke emerges as not merely a contributor to the development of English constitutional thought, or as a reflector of socio-economic change in seventeenth-century England, but as essentially a Calvinist natural theologian.

Author : Kim Ian Parker
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781554581191

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The Biblical Politics of John Locke by Kim Ian Parker Pdf

John Locke is often thought of as one of the founders of the Enlightenment, a movement that sought to do away with the Bible and religion and replace them with scientific realism. But Locke was extremely interested in the Bible, and he was engaged by biblical theology and religion throughout his life. In this new book, K.I. Parker considers Locke’s interest in Scripture and how that interest is articulated in the development of his political philosophy. Parker shows that Locke’s liberalism is inspired by his religious vision and, particularly, his distinctive understanding of the early chapters of the book of Genesis. Unlike Sir Robert Filmer, who understood the Bible to justify social hierarchies (i.e., the divine right of the king, the first-born son’s rights over other siblings, and the “natural” subservience of women to men), Locke understood from the Bible that humans are in a natural state of freedom and equality to each other. The biblical debate between Filmer and Locke furnishes scholars with a better understanding of Lockes political views as presented in his Two Treatises. The Biblical Politics of John Locke demonstrates the impact of the Bible on one of the most influential thinkers of the seventeenth century, and provides an original context in which to situate the debate concerning the origins of early modern political thought.

Author : John Locke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Liberty
ISBN : 7500426518

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Two Treatises of Government by John Locke Pdf