The past thirty years have witnessed a renaissance in Lockean
scholarship. New work and new thinking has now recast our most
basic comprehension of John Locke (1623-1704) as a political
theorist, and of Locke's Two Treatises of Government as a
historical document. This collection of essays investigates the
implications of the new scholarship for our understanding of
Locke's political thought and its impact upon the liberal
tradition.
John Locke's "Two Treatises of Government" has long been
recognized as one of the great works of political philosophy. Three
centuries after it was written, students and scholars continue to
study it for insights into the intellectual origins of the modern
world and for a better understanding of such fundamental concepts
as natural rights, social contract, limited government, and the
rule of law.
The seven essays in this volume explore various dimensions of
Locke's Two Treatises. The introductory essay places the new
scholarship in a historical context. The next four essays show how
this recent literature has affected our view of particular aspects
of the "Two Treatises" its theory of politics, its religious
underpinnings, its theory of rationality, and its conception of the
relationship between politics and economics. The final two essays
discuss how the new scholarship has changed our understanding of
the impact of the Two Treatises upon political thought in the
eighteenth and late-twentieth centuries. Included at the end of the
text is an extended secondary bibliography on John Locke's Two
Treaties.
These essays do not seek closure. Nor do they set forth a single
"correct" interpretation. Instead they offer readers a deeper
appreciation of how our view of Locke's Two Treatises has changed
over the last three decades and the importance of those changes in
understanding of the liberal tradition.
"A solid contribution to the literature, bringing together some
of the best new scholarship on Locke and reflecting the diversity,
breadth, and depth of the current debate on both Locke and early
liberalism. The editor's selection clearly demonstrates there is no
single orthodox reading of Locke and conveys the intellectually
lively debate that pervades the field today."--Ronald J. Terchek,
author of "Locke, Smith, Mill and the Liberal Concept of
Agency."
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