Locke: Two Treatises of Government (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

John Locke

ISBN 10: 0521357306 / ISBN 13: 9780521357302

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1988

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Locke: Two Treatises of Government (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521357306
• ISBN 13: 9780521357302
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This is a new revised version of Dr. Laslett's standard edition of Two Treatises. First published in 1960, and based on an analysis of the whole body of Locke's publications, writings, and papers. The Introduction and text have been revised to incorporate references to recent scholarship since the second edition and the bibliography has been updated.

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John Locke laid the groundwork of modern liberalism. He argued that political societies exist to defend the lives, liberties, and properties of their citizens, and that no government has any authority except by the consent of the people. When rulers become tyrants and act against the common good, then the people have a right of revolution against them. Writing against the backdrop of Charles II's savage purge of the Whig movement, Locke set out to attack monarchical absolutism and demolished the intellectual fabric of the divine right of rulers.