| Description |
xii, 394 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
American political thought
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-380) and index. |
| Contents |
Interpreting Locke's thought and assessing its influence --Seventeenth-century background: the threat to authority -- The philosophical foundations of Locke's social thought -- The virtue of industriousness for the benefit of life -- A benignant egoism: John Locke's social ethic -- The true, original, extent, and end of civil government -- Eighteenth-century background: Locke in America -- The spirit of '76 -- The constitution of '87 -- The "triumph" of antifederalism. |
| Subject |
Locke, John, 1632-1704 -- Contributions in political science.
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| ISBN |
0700606424 (alk. paper) : $40.00 |
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