{"product_id":"9780367707200-liberty-governance-and-resistance","title":"Liberty, Governance and Resistance","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCompeting Discourses in John Locke’s Political Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Locke is widely perceived as a foundational figure within the liberal tradition. This book investigates the competing purposes that informed Locke’s political philosophy, not all of which resulted in outcomes consistent with what we today understand as \"liberal\" ideals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Locke is widely perceived as a foundational figure within the liberal tradition. This book investigates the competing discourses that inform Locke’s political philosophy, each underwritten by a distinct purpose, not all of which result in philosophical outcomes consistent with what we today understand as “liberal” ideals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLocke himself was unaware that he belonged to a “liberal” tradition. Traditions only acquire meaning in retrospect. But many have perceived the development of Locke’s political philosophy as involving a smooth evolution from “authoritarian” origins to “liberal” conclusions, beginning with Locke’s \u003ci\u003eTwo Tracts on Government \u003c\/i\u003e(1660–62) and culminating in his later political works, the \u003ci\u003eTwo Treatises of Government \u003c\/i\u003e(1689) and \u003ci\u003eA Letter Concerning Toleration \u003c\/i\u003e(1689). This book advances an interpretation of this development which reveals how, from the time of his earliest writings, Locke sought to advance competing discourses within his political philosophy, each reflecting a different purpose, with the result that this “evolution” was not as smooth as often supposed. Indeed, many of Locke’s earlier commitments and purposes remained in his later political writings. The result is a much more complex and variegated understanding of Locke’s political philosophy than hitherto supposed within the Locke literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiberty, Governance and Resistance \u003c\/em\u003ewill be of interest to students and researchers studying Locke, liberalism, and the history of ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57106759647606,"sku":"9780367707200","price":55.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_39748139_435236c9-c553-4924-bcbb-d483055bdadb.jpg?v=1769723211","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780367707200-liberty-governance-and-resistance","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}