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. His translations of Machiavelli (The Prince and Selected Political Writings), Thomas More (Utopia), and Voltaire (Candide and Related Texts) are also published by Hackett Publishing Company.