Everyman Classics: Two Treatises of Government

Everyman Classics: Two Treatises of Government by John Locke


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ISBN
9780460873567
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Binding
Paperback
Pages
384
Dimensions
128 x 197 x 20mm

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 became 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 obsolutism and demolished the intellectual fabric of the devine right of rulers. The rights of property-owners, of native Americans, and of women and children, the need for economic improvement, the separation of powers in the constitution, the meaning of God's commands, and the nature and limits of consent - these are all topics within Locke's compass, and make his book the subject of intense debate.

This is the first modernised edition of the 'Two Treatises' based on Lock's own corrected text as he left it for posterity at his death.

Includes introduction, chronology of Locke's life and times, extensive glossary and key word index.
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