The Anxiety of Freedom: Imagination and Individuality in Locke's Political ThoughtThe enduring appeal of liberalism lies in its commitment to the idea that human beings have a "natural" potential to live as free and equal individuals. The realization of this potential, however, is not a matter of nature, but requires that people be molded by a complex constellation of political and educational institutions. In this eloquent and provocative book, Uday Singh Mehta investigates in the major writings of John Locke the implications of this tension between individuals and the institutions that mold them. The process of molding, he demonstrates, involves an external conformity and an internal self-restraint that severely limit the scope of individuality. |
Contents
The Critique of Scriptural Politics | |
Curiosity Imagination and Madness | |
Direction and Compromise | |
Conclusion | |
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