In the Shadow of Leviathan: John Locke and the Politics of Conscience

✍ Scribed by Jeffrey R. Collins

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 460
• Series: Ideas in Context; 127
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke sit together in the canon of political thought but are rarely treated in common historical accounts. This book narrates their intertwined careers during the Restoration period, when the two men found themselves in close proximity and entangled in many of the same political conflicts. Bringing new source material to bear, In the Shadow of Leviathan establishes the influence of Hobbesian thought over Locke, particularly in relation to the preeminent question of religious toleration. Excavating Hobbes's now forgotten case for a prudent, politique toleration gifted by sovereign power, Jeffrey R. Collins argues that modern, liberal thinking about toleration was transformed by Locke's gradual emancipation from this Hobbesian mode of thought. This book investigates those landmark events - the civil war, Restoration, the popish plot, the Revolution of 1688 - which eventually forced Locke to confront the limits of politique toleration, and to devise an account of religious freedom as an inalienable right.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half-title page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
Note on the Text
List of
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1 John Locke and Interregnum Hobbism
Chapter 2 The Restoration Projects of Thomas Hobbes
Chapter 3 Locke and the Restoration Politique
Chapter 4 Non-domination Liberty in Spiritual Context
Chapter 5 Locke, Conscience, and the Libertas Ecclesiae
Chapter 6 Locke and Catholicism: The ‘Roman Leviathan’
Chapter 7 Locke and a ‘More Liberal’ Hobbism
Conclusion: Conscience and Liberalism’s Two Paths
Bibliography
Index