Locke : Two Treatises of Government - Student Edition

Klappentext John Locke laid the groundwork of modern liberalism. He argued that political societies exist to defend the lives, liberties, and properties of their citizens, and that no government has any authority except by the consent of the people. When rulers become tyrants and act against the common good, then the people have a right of revolution against them. Writing against the backdrop of Charles II's savage purge of the Whig movement, Locke set out to attack monarchical absolutism and demolished the intellectual fabric of the divine right of rulers. Zusammenfassung A version of Peter Laslett's acclaimed Two Treatises of Government! widely recognised as one of the classic pieces of recent scholarship in the history of ideas. This 1988 edition revises Dr Laslett's second edition (1970) and includes an updated bibliography! a guide to further reading and a fully reset and revised introduction which surveys advances in Locke scholarship. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; Part I. Introduction: 1. The book; 2. Locke the man and Locke the writer; 3. Two Treatises of Government and the revolution of 1688; 4. Locke and Hobbes; 5. The social and political theory of Two Treatises of Government; 6. Addendum: the dating of the composition of Two Treatises; Editorial note; Part II. The Text: 7. Preface; 8. First treatise; 9. Second treatise; Suggested reading; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Laslett, John Locke
• Assisted by: Raymond Geuss (Editor), Pete Laslett (Editor), Peter Laslett (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.10.1988
• EAN: 9780521357302
• ISBN: 978-0-521-35730-2
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought; Cambridge Texts in the History; Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Renaissance, Enlightenment; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries