{"product_id":"john-lockes-two-treatises-of-gov-9780700605064","title":"John Locke's Two Treatises of Gov","description":"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basic comprehension of John Locke (1623-1704) as a political theorist, and of Locke's Two Treatises of Government as a historical document.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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Locke's \u003ci\u003eTwo Treatises of Government\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eTwo Treatises\u003c\/i\u003e: 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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 \u003ci\u003eLocke, Smith, Mill and the Liberal Concept of Agency\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward J. Harpham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kansas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.26w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780700605064","brand":"University Press of Kansas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40406473932915,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":80.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_54aee4d2-8a0b-49e4-bbbf-cd3484bcdf7c.jpg?v=1662040992","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/john-lockes-two-treatises-of-gov-9780700605064","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}