1st Edition
Locke's Two Treatises of Government (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 17)
By Edward Alexander
Copyright 1987
332 Pages
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Routledge
336 Pages
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This volume guides the reader through a detailed examination of the text to an understanding of Locke’s political ideas in relation to his writings on philosophy, education, religion and economics and the influence these ideas had upon eighteenth-century political theorists. The author shows how Locke carefully constructed his political perspective as a defence of the principles of natural... Read more
1. The Development of Locke’s Political Theory 2. The Foundations of Lockean Political Theory 3. Natural Law, Reason and Hermaneutics 4. Property and Political Power 5. Natural Equality and Common Good 6. The Virtues of Commerce 7. The Structure of Constitutional Government 8. Resistance to Tyranny 9. The Coherence of Locke’s Thought 10. Locke and the Tensions of Liberalism Appendix: The Composition of Structure of the Two Treatises of Government. A Criticall Note on Locke Scholarship. Bibliography. Index.
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