1st Edition
The Reception of Locke's Politics Vol 3 From the 1690s to the 1830s
By Mark Goldie
Copyright 2000
390 Pages
by
Routledge
Locke has iconic status as the "founder of Western liberalism", yet his legacy is contested by both conservatives and social democrats. These volumes contain over 60 important texts, with scholarly annotation and explanatory headnotes, that debate Locke's political ideas.
Volume 3 The Age of the American Revolution, 1760-1780 Extracts from The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and proved (1764) Extracts from Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-9) Speech in the House of Lords on the American Declaratory Bill (1766) The Boston Gazette, Nos 572 and 877 (17 March 1766 and 27 January 1772) An Essay on the First Principles of Government (1768) A Dialogue between an American and a European Englishman (1768) An Enquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies (1769) ‘The Origin of Civil Government’ (1769) from Discourses on Several Subjects (1787) and 'Some Considerations on Mr. Locke’s Scheme of Deriving Government from an Original Compact’ (n.d.) from The Scholar Armed against the Errors of the Time (1795) An extract from The Controversy between Great Britain and her Colonies Reviewed (1769) of Locke’s Politics: volume 3 ‘A State of the Rights of the Colonists’ from The Votes and Proceedings of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston (1772) ‘Inadequate Representation Universally Complained of’ from Political Disquisitions (1774) ‘On Civil Liberty, Passive Obedience, and Non-Resistance’ (1775) from A View of the Causes and Consequences of the American Revolution (1797 Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty (1776) Papers for the Provincial Convention of New York (1776-7)
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Edited by Mark Goldie
