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Second Treatise of Government
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Second Treatise of Government
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) John Locke
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Edited by C. B. Macpherson
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Series | Hackett Classics |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:148 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780915144938
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Classifications | Dewey:320.01 |
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Audience | Undergraduate | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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Imprint |
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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Publication Date |
1 June 1980 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
The Second Treatise is one of the most important political treatises ever written and one of the most far-reaching in its influence. In his provocative 15-page introduction to this edition, the late eminent political theorist C. B. Macpherson examines Locke's arguments for limited, conditional government, private property, and right of revolution and suggests reasons for the appeal of these arguments in Locke's time and since.
Author Biography
John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and physician.
ReviewsMacpherson provides for his readers a tightly written, meaty, and often invigorating critical assessment of Locke's argument. In it one finds some of the best of Macpherson's now famous criticism of liberal-democratic government. --Gregory E. Pyrcz in Canadian Philosophical Review
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