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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.
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.
The Allegiance of Thomas Hobbes offers a revisionist interpretation
of Thomas Hobbes's evolving response to the English Revolution. It
rejects the prevailing understanding of Hobbes as a consistent, if
idiosyncratic, royalist, and vindicates the contemporaneous view
that the publication of Leviathan marked Hobbes's accommodation
with England's revolutionary regime. In sustaining these
conclusions, Professor Collins foregrounds the religious features
of Hobbes's writings, and maintains a contextual focus on the
broader religious dynamics of the English Revolution itself. Hobbes
and the Revolution are both placed within the tumultuous historical
process that saw the emerging English state coercively secure
jurisdictional control over national religion and the corporate
church. Seen in the light of this history, Thomas Hobbes emerges as
a theorist who moved with, rather than against, the revolutionary
currents of his age. The strongest claim of the book is that Hobbes
was motivated by his deep detestation of clerical power to break
with the Stuart cause and to justify the religious policies of
England's post-regicidal masters, including Oliver Cromwell.
The Allegiance of Thomas Hobbes offers a revisionist interpretation
of Thomas Hobbes's evolving response to the English Revolution. It
rejects the prevailing understanding of Hobbes as a consistent, if
idiosyncratic, royalist, and vindicates the contemporaneous view
that the publication of Leviathan marked Hobbes's accommodation
with England's revolutionary regime. In sustaining these
conclusions, Professor Collins foregrounds the religious features
of Hobbes's writings, and maintains a contextual focus on the
broader religious dynamics of the English Revolution itself. Hobbes
and the Revolution are both placed within the tumultuous historical
process that saw the emerging English state coercively secure
jurisdictional control over national religion and the corporate
church. Seen in the light of this history, Thomas Hobbes emerges as
a theorist who moved with, rather than against, the revolutionary
currents of his age. The strongest claim of the book is that Hobbes
was motivated by his deep detestation of clerical power to break
with the Stuart cause and to justify the religious policies of
England's post-regicidal masters, including Oliver Cromwell.
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