The unvarnished doctrine : Locke, liberalism, and the American Revolution / Steven M. Dworetz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dworetz, Steven M., 1947-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Locke, John, 1632-1704.

Locke, John.

Liberalism--United States--History--18th century.

Liberalism.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

United States.

United States--Intellectual life--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Unvarnished Doctrine, Steven M. Dworetz addresses two critical issues in contemporary thinking on the American Revolution-the ideological character of this event, and, more specifically, the relevance of ""America's Philosopher, the Great Mr. Locke,"" in this experience. Recent interpretations of the American revolution, particularly those of Bailyn and Pocock, have incorporated an understanding of Locke as the moral apologist of unlimited accumulation and the original ideological crusader for the ""spirit of capitalism,"" a view based largely on the work of theorists Leo St

Contents:

The Historiographic Revolution: The Rise of "Cato" and the Decline of Locke in American Revolutionary Thought

A Discourse on Method

The Lockean Response to British "Innovations" Historiography and the Interpretation of Political Theory

Theistic Liberalism in the Teaching of the New England Clergy

History, Myth, and the Secular Salvation of American Liberalism.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-240).

ISBN:

9786613062635

9781283062633

1283062631

9780822382249

0822382245

OCLC:

191222443