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Liberating judgment : fanatics, skeptics, and John Locke's politics of probability /
Examining the social and political upheavals that characterized the collapse of public judgment in early modern Europe, Liberating Judgment offers a unique account of the achievement of liberal democracy and self-government. The book argues that the work of John Locke instills a civic judgment that...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Examining the social and political upheavals that characterized the collapse of public judgment in early modern Europe, Liberating Judgment offers a unique account of the achievement of liberal democracy and self-government. The book argues that the work of John Locke instills a civic judgment that avoids the excesses of corrosive skepticism and dogmatic fanaticism, which lead to either political acquiescence or irresolvable conflict. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 285 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400836888 1400836883 1282979159 9781282979154 9786612979156 6612979151 |