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John Locke and the Uncivilized Society POLITICAL THEORY FOR TODAY Series Editor: Richard Avramenko, University of Wisconsin, Madison Political Theory for Today seeks to bring the history of political thought out of the jargon-filled world of the academy into the everyday world of social and political life. The series brings the wisdom of texts and the tradition of political philosophy to bear on salient issues of our time, especially issues pertaining to human freedom and responsibility, the relationship between individuals and the state, the moral implications of public policy, health and human flourishing, public and private virtues, and more. Great thinkers of the past have thought deeply about the human condition and their situations— books in Political Theory for Today build on that insight. Titles Published John Locke and the Uncivilized Society: Individualism and Resistance in America Today, by Scott Robinson Welcoming the Other: Student, Stranger, and Divine, edited by N. Susan Laehn and Thomas R. Laehn Cosmopolitanism and its Discontents: Rethinking Politics in the Age of Brexit and Trump, edited by Lee Ward Eric Voegelin’s Asian Political Thought, edited by Lee Trepanier The Spartan Drama of Plato’s Laws, by Eli Friedland Idolizing the Idea: A Critical History of Modern Philosophy, by Wayne Cristaudo Eric Voegelin Today: Voegelin’s Political Thought in the 21st Century, edited by Scott Robinson, Lee Trepanier, David Whitney Walk Away: When the Political Left Turns Right, edited by Lee Trepanier and Grant Havers Plato’s Mythoi: The Political Soul’s Drama Beyond, by Donald H. Roy Democracy and Its Enemies: The American Struggle for the Enlightenment, by Paul N. Goldstene Tradition v. Rationalism: Voegelin, Oakeshott, Hayek, and Others, edited by Gene Callahan and Lee Trepanier Aristocratic Souls in Democratic Times, edited by Richard Avramenko and Ethan Alexander-Davey John Locke and the Uncivilized Society Individualism and Resistance in America Today Scott Robinson LEXINGTON BOOKS Lanham • Boulder • New York • London Contents List of Tables and Figures vii PART I: STRUCTURE OF THE ARGUMENT 1 The Uncivilized Society: John Locke’s Ironic Place in America Today 3 2 Conflicting Views of Locke in the Secondary Literature 21 3 Locke’s Political Thought and the Art of Subtle Ideological Construction 37 PART II: SUBTLY CONSTRUCTING AN IDEOLOGY BY CREATING SYMBOLS THROUGH SPECULATION AND ABSTRACTION 4 Locke’s Speculative View of History 67 5 Locke’s Abstract Definition of Rebellion 89 PART III: CONCEALING THE IDEOLOGICAL NATURE OF A SUBTLY CONSTRUCTED POLITICAL THEORY BY PROHIBITING QUESTIONS INSPIRED BY NOETIC REASON 6 Locke’s Limited Idea of Reason 119 7 Locke’s Limited Idea of Religion 153 v vi Contents 8 Locke’s Limited Idea of Education 165 PART IV: CONCLUSION 9 Islamic Terrorism, Locke’s Theory of Positive Toleration and How the Ideological Dynamics of the War on Terrorism Advantaged the Islamic State 187 10 The Hole in the Fence: Shortcomings of Lockean Theory and How to Improve Liberal Justifications for Resistance 207 Appendix to Chapter 9 221 Bibliography 225 Index 235 About the Author 243 List of Tables and Figures TABLES 4.1 Locke’s Historical Stages per Macpherson (1962) 66 4.2 Locke’s Historical Stages Per Goldwin (1987) 67 4.3 Locke’s Historical Stages per Robinson (2019) 70 10.1 N umber of Secondary Works Written about John Locke and Algernon Sidney during Selected Time Periods 210 FIGURES 1.1 Publications about John Locke 1689–1982 6 vii
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