The Anxiety of Freedom : Imagination and Individuality in Locke's Political Thought

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Tác giả: Uday Singh Mehta

Ngôn ngữ: eng

ISBN-13: 978-1501726408

ISBN-10: book.58463

Ký hiệu phân loại: 320.01 Philosophy and theory

Thông tin xuất bản: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2018

Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (200 p.)

Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở

ID: 269777

The 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.Mehta explores the centrality of the human imagination in Locke's thought, focusing on his obsession with the potential dangers of the cognitive realm. Underlying Locke's fears regarding the excesses of the imagination is a political anxiety concerning how to limit their potential effects. In light of Locke's views on education, Mehta concludes that the promise of liberation at the heart of liberalism is vitiated by its constraints on cognitive and political freedom.
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