Locke: Political Writings / Edition 1

by John Locke

Overview

John Locke¹s 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 XIV unleashed a reign of terror against Protestants in France), is a classic defense of religious freedom. Yet many of Locke¹s 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 people¹s views) with the most important surviving evidence from among Locke¹s papers relating to his political philosophy. David Wootton¹s wide-ranging and scholarly Introduction sets the writings in the context of their time, examines Locke¹s developing ideas and unorthodox Christianity, and analyzes his main arguments. The result is the first fully rounded picture of Locke¹s political thought in his own words.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900872206761
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	03/15/2003
Series:	Hackett Classics
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

David Wootton is Anniversary Professor of History, University of York.