In the Shadow of Leviathan - Jeffrey R. Collins

In the Shadow of Leviathan

John Locke and the Politics of Conscience
Buch | Softcover
458 Seiten
2021
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-74622-9 (ISBN)
52,35 inkl. MwSt
Offering a vivid account of the revolutionary times through which they lived, this book revolutionises our understanding of Hobbes and Locke. Focused on their own era, it reveals a great deal about how religious toleration and religious politics developed within modern liberalism, and explores tensions that are with us still.
Thomas Hobbes and John Locke sit together in the canon of political thought but are rarely treated in common historical accounts. This book narrates their intertwined careers during the Restoration period, when the two men found themselves in close proximity and entangled in many of the same political conflicts. Bringing new source material to bear, In the Shadow of Leviathan establishes the influence of Hobbesian thought over Locke, particularly in relation to the preeminent question of religious toleration. Excavating Hobbes's now forgotten case for a prudent, politique toleration gifted by sovereign power, Jeffrey R. Collins argues that modern, liberal thinking about toleration was transformed by Locke's gradual emancipation from this Hobbesian mode of thought. This book investigates those landmark events - the civil war, Restoration, the popish plot, the Revolution of 1688 - which eventually forced Locke to confront the limits of politique toleration, and to devise an account of religious freedom as an inalienable right.

Jeffrey R. Collins is Associate Professor of History at Queen's University, Canada. He is the author of The Allegiance of Thomas Hobbes (2005) and numerous articles on modern religion and political thought in journals such as Modern Intellectual History and the Journal of Modern History. He is also a regular book reviewer for the Wall Street Journal and the Times Literary Supplement.

Acknowledgements; Note on the text; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. John Locke and Interregnum Hobbism; 2. The Restoration projects of Thomas Hobbes; 3. John Locke and the Restoration politique; 4. Non-domination liberty in spiritual context; 5. Locke, conscience, and the Libertas Ecclesiae; 6. Locke and Catholicism: the 'Roman Leviathan'; 7. Locke and a 'more liberal' Hobbism; Conclusion. Conscience and Liberalism's two paths; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Ideas in Context
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 151 x 227 mm
Gewicht 650 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10 1-108-74622-5 / 1108746225
ISBN-13 978-1-108-74622-9 / 9781108746229
Zustand Neuware
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