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Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration (Rethinking the Western Tradition)

Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration (Rethinking the Western Tradition)

by John Locke (Author)

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    Paperback 2003

    $24.58
Synopsis

Among the most influential writings in the history of Western political thought, John Locke's Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration remain vital to political debates today, more than three centuries after they were written. The complete texts appear in this volume, accompanied by interpretive essays by three prominent Locke scholars.

Ian Shapiro's introduction places Locke's political writings in historical and biographical context. John Dunn explores both the intellectual context in which Locke wrote the Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration and the major interpretive controversies surrounding their meaning. Ruth Grant offers a comprehensive discussion of Locke's views on women and the family, and Shapiro contributes an essay on the democratic elements of Locke's political theory. Taken together, the texts and essays in this volume offer invaluable insights into the history of ideas and the enduring influence of Locke's political thought.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 416
 Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 12 Dec 2003
ISBN 10: 0300100183
ISBN 13: 9780300100181

Media Reviews
The new standard edition of Locke for students of political theory. Dunn, Grant, and Shapiro combine authoritative historical scholarship and contemporary political theory to give us Locke for our time. -Elisabeth H. Ellis, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University
In criticisms of `liberalism' over the past two decades, the political philosophy of John Locke has been denigrated as hopelessly old-fashioned, and even downright conservative. John Dunn, Ruth Grant, and especially, Ian Shapiro present Locke to us afresh. They recover precisely the progressively innovative, and even radically democratic quality of Lockean political thought. -John P. McCormick, University of Chicago
An elegant edition of three of Locke's works that have been too infrequently published together. The accompanying essays, with their additional secondary source references, and delightful index, make it all the more useful for both teaching and research. -Judith A. Swenson, Boston University
Author Bio
Ian Shapiro is William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor and chair, Department of Political Science, Yale University. John Dunn is professor of social and political science at Cambridge University. Ruth Grant is professor of political science at Duke University.