Scott Robinson

John Locke and the Uncivilized Society (eBook, ePUB)

Individualism and Resistance in America Today

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

John Locke's influence on American political culture has been largely misunderstood by his commentators. Though often regarded as the architect of a rationally ordered and civilized liberalism, John Locke and the Uncivilized Society demonstrates that Locke's thought is culpable for the rather uncivilized expressions of political engagement seen recently in America. By relying upon Eric Voegelin's concept of pneumopathology, Locke is shown to be subtly constructing a liberal ideology and thereby individuals who approach liberalism as closed-minded ideologues, not as deeply responsible and mature citizens. Because Locke's citizens will be slogan chanters instead of deep thinkers, Locke's work does not create a liberalism that provides the best possible regime for humans, but a mere shadow of the best possible regime.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781793617583
• Artikelnr.: 61388675

Autorenporträt

Scott Robinson is assistant professor of political science and assistant director of the Morris Family Center for Law and Liberty at Houston Baptist University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Uncivilized Society: John Locke's Ironic Place in America
Today
Chapter 2: Conflicting Views of Locke in the Secondary Literature
Chapter 3: Locke's Political Thought and Pneumopathology
Chapter 4: Locke's Speculative View of History
Chapter 5: Locke's Abstract Definition of Rebellion
Chapter 6: Locke's Limited Idea of Reason
Chapter 7: Locke's Limited Idea of Religion
Chapter 8: Locke's Limited Idea of Education
Chapter 9: Islamic Terrorism, Locke's Theory of Positive Toleration and How
the Ideological Dynamics of the War on Terrorism Advantaged the Islamic
State
Chapter 10: The Hole in the Fence: Shortcomings of Lockean Theory and How
to Improve Liberal Justifications for Resistance