In the Shadow of Leviathan - John Locke and the Politics of Conscience

Offering a vivid account of the revolutionary times through which they lived, this book revolutionises our understanding of Hobbes and Locke. Focused on their own era, it reveals a great deal about how religious toleration and religious politics developed within modern liberalism, and explores tensions that are with us still.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Note on the text; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. John Locke and Interregnum Hobbism; 2. The Restoration projects of Thomas Hobbes; 3. John Locke and the Restoration politique; 4. Non-domination liberty in spiritual context; 5. Locke, conscience, and the Libertas Ecclesiae; 6. Locke and Catholicism: the 'Roman Leviathan'; 7. Locke and a 'more liberal' Hobbism; Conclusion. Conscience and Liberalism's two paths; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Jeffrey R. Collins is Associate Professor of History at Queen's University, Canada. He is the author of The Allegiance of Thomas Hobbes (2005) and numerous articles on modern religion and political thought in journals such as Modern Intellectual History and the Journal of Modern History. He is also a regular book reviewer for the Wall Street Journal and the Times Literary Supplement.

Summary

Offering a vivid account of the revolutionary times through which they lived, this book revolutionises our understanding of Hobbes and Locke. Focused on their own era, it reveals a great deal about how religious toleration and religious politics developed within modern liberalism, and explores tensions that are with us still.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey R. Collins, Jeffrey R. (Queen's University Collins, Jeffrey R. (Queen''s University Collins, Collins Jeffrey R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781108478816
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47881-6
• No. of pages: 456
• Series: Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Western philosophy: Enlightenment