{"product_id":"two-treatises-of-government-and-a-letter-concerning-toleration-9780300100181","title":"Two Treatises of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo of Locke's most mature and influential political writings and three brilliant interpretive essays combined in an outstanding volume\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The new standard edition of Locke for students of political theory. Dunn, Grant, and Shapiro combine authoritative historical scholarship and contemporary political theory to give us Locke for our time.\"--Elisabeth H. Ellis, Texas A\u0026amp;M University\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Among the most influential writings in the history of Western political thought, John Locke's \u003ci\u003eTwo Treatises of Government \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e A Letter Concerning Toleration\u003c\/i\u003e remain\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003evital to political debates today, more than three centuries after they were written. The complete texts appear in this volume, accompanied by interpretive essays by three prominent Locke scholars. Ian Shapiro's introduction places Locke's political writings in historical and biographical context. John Dunn explores both the intellectual context in which Locke wrote the \u003ci\u003eTwo Treatises of Government \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e A Letter Concerning Toleration \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ethe major interpretive controversies surrounding their meaning. Ruth Grant offers a comprehensive discussion of Locke's views on women and the family, and Shapiro contributes an essay on the democratic elements of Locke's political theory. Taken together, the texts and essays in this volume offer invaluable insights into the history of ideas and the enduring influence of Locke's political thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Shapiro \u003c\/b\u003eis William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor and chair, Department of Political Science, Yale University. \u003cb\u003eJohn Dunn \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of social and political science at Cambridge University. \u003cb\u003eRuth Grant \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of political science at Duke University. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50898982732050,"sku":"9780300100181","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_47a42523-ec77-4d74-81dc-6a32212d9411.jpg?v=1748517343","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/two-treatises-of-government-and-a-letter-concerning-toleration-9780300100181","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}