Locke in America: The Moral Philosophy of the Founding Era

by Jerome Huyler

Book Overview

Books on John Locke abound, but until now none have captured the real Locke. By removing the layers of misperception that have clouded the philosopher's portrait for decades, Jerome Huyler reveals a startling new image that suggests a much stronger link between Locke's thought and the American Founding.

Huyler contends that authors as accomplished as J.G.A. Pocock, Bernard Bailyn, Gordon Wood, Thomas Pangle, and Joyce Appleby have largely misread...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700611088
• ISBN13: 9780700611089
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 8.5"