Two treatises of government

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Two treatises of government

Statement of responsibility

John Locke ; edited with an introduction and notes by Peter Laslett

Creator

• Locke, John, 1632-1704

Contributor

• Laslett, Peter

Editor

• Laslett, Peter

Subject

• Political science -- Early works to 1800
• Liberty

Genre

• Early works to 1800

Language

eng

Summary

This is the revised version of Peter Laslett's acclaimed edition of Two Treatises of Government, which is widely recognised as one of the classic pieces of recent scholarship in the history of ideas, read and used by students of political theory throughout the world. This 1988 edition revises Dr Laslett's second edition (1970) and includes an updated bibliography, a guide to further reading and a fully reset and revised introduction which surveys advances in Locke scholarship since publication of the second edition. In the introduction, Dr Laslett shows that the Two Treatises were not a rationalisation of the events of 1688 but rather a call for a revolution yet to come.--

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• Cambridge texts in the history of political thought

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
• Cambridge University Press - Higher Education Textbooks