Locke: Two Treatises of Government Student Edition - (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) 3rd Edition by John Locke (Paperback)

Number of Pages: 478
Genre: Political Science
Sub-Genre: History & Theory
Series Title: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Age Range: Adult
Author: John Locke
Language: English

About the Book

A revised 1988 version of Peter Laslett's acclaimed Two Treatises of Government, widely recognised as a classic text in the history of ideas.

Book 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.

From the Back Cover

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.