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In the Shadow of Leviathan - John Locke and the Politics of Conscience (Hardcover)
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In the Shadow of Leviathan - John Locke and the Politics of Conscience (Hardcover)
Series: Ideas in Context
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Thomas Hobbes and John Locke sit together in the canon of political
thought but are rarely treated in common historical accounts. This
book narrates their intertwined careers during the Restoration
period, when the two men found themselves in close proximity and
entangled in many of the same political conflicts. Bringing new
source material to bear, In the Shadow of Leviathan establishes the
influence of Hobbesian thought over Locke, particularly in relation
to the preeminent question of religious toleration. Excavating
Hobbes's now forgotten case for a prudent, politique toleration
gifted by sovereign power, Jeffrey R. Collins argues that modern,
liberal thinking about toleration was transformed by Locke's
gradual emancipation from this Hobbesian mode of thought. This book
investigates those landmark events - the civil war, Restoration,
the popish plot, the Revolution of 1688 - which eventually forced
Locke to confront the limits of politique toleration, and to devise
an account of religious freedom as an inalienable right.
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