John Locke and the uncivilized society individualism and resistance in America today
"This book analyzes the effect of John Locke's political thought on American political culture today. By analyzing nearly the entirety of Locke's political and philosophical writings, this book shows that Locke's thought has helped to cultivate the incivility seen in recent years...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland
Lexington Books,
[2021]
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| Series: | Political theory for today.
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
Table of Contents:
- The uncivilized society : John Locke's ironic place in America today
- Conflicting views of Locke in the secondary literature
- Locke's political thought and pneumopathology
- Locke's speculative view of history
- Locke's abstract definition of rebellion
- Locke's limited idea of reason
- Locke's limited idea of religion
- Locke's limited idea of education
- Islamic terrorism, Locke's theory of positive toleration and how the ideological dynamics of the war on terrorism advantaged the Islamic State
- The hole in the fence : shortcomings of Lockean theory and how to improve liberal justifications for resistance.