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Author : Ross Harrison
Release : 2003
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 190/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hobbes, Locke, and Confusion's Masterpiece by : Ross Harrison
Download or read book Hobbes, Locke, and Confusion's Masterpiece written by Ross Harrison. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents
Author : Yechiel J. M. Leiter
Release : 2018-06-28
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 723/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis John Locke's Political Philosophy and the Hebrew Bible by : Yechiel J. M. Leiter
Download or read book John Locke's Political Philosophy and the Hebrew Bible written by Yechiel J. M. Leiter. This book was released on 2018-06-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Locke's treatises on government make frequent reference to the Hebrew Bible, while references to the New Testament are almost completely absent. To date, scholarship has not addressed this surprising characteristic of the treatises. In this book, Yechiel Leiter offers a Hebraic reading of Locke's fundamental political text. In doing so, he formulates a new school of thought in Lockean political interpretation and challenges existing ones. He shows how a grasp of the Hebraic underpinnings of Locke's political theory resolves many of the problems, as well as scholarly debates, that are inherent in reading Locke. More than a book about the political theory of John Locke, this volume is about the foundational ideas of western civilization. While focused on Locke's Hebraism, it demonstrates the persistent relevance of the biblical political narrative to modernity. It will generate interest among students of Locke and political theory; philosophy and early modern history; and within Bible study communities.
Author : Lee Ward
Release : 2010-08-23
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 117/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis John Locke and Modern Life by : Lee Ward
Download or read book John Locke and Modern Life written by Lee Ward. This book was released on 2010-08-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recovers a sense of John Locke's central role in the making of the modern world. It demonstrates that his vision of modern life was constructed on a philosophy of human freedom that is the intellectual nerve connecting the various strands of his thought. By revealing the depth and originality of Locke's critique of the metaphysical assumptions and authoritative institutions of pre-modern life, this book rejects the notion of Locke as an intellectual anachronism. Indeed, the radical core of Locke's modern project was the 'democratization of mind', according to which he challenged practically every previous mode of philosophical analysis by making the autonomous individual the sole determinant of truth. It was on the basis of this new philosophical dispensation that Locke crafted a modern vision not only of government but also of the churches, the family, education, and the conduct of international relations.
Author : Henrique Carvalho
Release : 2017-04-28
Genre : Law
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Book Rating : 770/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Preventive Turn in Criminal Law by : Henrique Carvalho
Download or read book The Preventive Turn in Criminal Law written by Henrique Carvalho. This book was released on 2017-04-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a theoretical examination of the rise and expansion of preventive criminal offences that has gained momentum in Anglo-American criminal justice since the late-twentieth century. It shows how recent transformations in criminal law and justice are intrinsically related to and embedded in the way liberal society and liberal law have been imagined, developed and conditioned by their social, political and historical contexts. The book starts by identifying a tension, within contemporary criminal law, between the importance given to the expression of individual autonomy and responsibility, and the perceived need for prevention as a condition for the security of autonomy and the promotion of welfare. The book then traces this tension back to an intrinsic ambivalence within the modern conception of individual liberty, which is both repressed and preserved by liberal conceptions of responsibility and punishment. It finds that it is this tension that ultimately grounds the rise of preventive criminal offences in recent times. The Preventive Turn in Criminal Law engages with the main contemporary literature on criminal law, prevention, risk, security and criminalisation, by deploying a theoretical perspective from both classical and contemporary works of social and political theory, including the works of Hobbes, Locke, Hegel, and Bentham. It does so in order to reveal that the pervasiveness of prevention in twenty-first century criminal law not only represents the consequence of new and unprecedented features of contemporary politics and society, but also embeds long-established features of the liberal legal and political tradition.
Author : Paul Kelly
Release : 2007-11-29
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 188/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Locke's 'Second Treatise of Government' by : Paul Kelly
Download or read book Locke's 'Second Treatise of Government' written by Paul Kelly. This book was released on 2007-11-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Locke's Second Treatise of Government is one of the most influential texts in the history of political theory. It is a staple of undergraduate courses throughout the English-speaking world and continues to inspire and inform contemporary debates in political philosophy. As such, it is a hugely important and exciting, yet challenging, piece of philosophical writing. In Locke's 'Second Treatise of Government': A Reader's Guide, Paul Kelly offers a clear and thorough account of this key philosophical work. The book offers a detailed review of the key themes and a lucid commentary that will enable readers to rapidly navigate the text. Geared towards the specific requirements of students who need to reach a sound understanding of the text as a whole, the guide explores the complex and important ideas inherent in the text and provides a cogent survey of the reception and influence of Locke's seminal work. This is the ideal companion to study of this most influential and challenging of texts.
