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C. B. Macpherson (1911–1987)

Författare till The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism: Hobbes to Locke

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C.B. Macpherson was professor of political economy at the University of Toronto from 1935 to 1982. His other books include Democratic Theory (1973) and The Life and Times of Liberal Democracy (1977). He died in 1987.
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Macpherson, Crawford Brough
Födelsedag
1911-11-18
Avled
1987-07-22
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Macpherson's analysis of Hobbes and Locke is quite brilliant. The middle part of the book is more uneven; I found the chapter on the Levellers a bit tedious, though still interesting both in itself as well as in this context. It gets a lot more intriguing when he writes about Harrington, a theorist I didn't know much about, and this was as great an introduction to him as I could have wished for. Macpherson goes to the root of the underlying assumptions behind the seeming inconsistencies in Hobbes, Harrington and Locke, and shows very convincingly how their theories nevertheless for the most part hold together in view of the emerging market society - and market morality - of the 17th century. --- We here go from Hobbes to Locke and back again... - As Macpherson puts it towards the end of the book: "Hobbes, as amended by Locke in the matter of the self-perpetuating sovereign... provided the main structure for English liberal theory."… (mer)
 
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saltr | 3 andra recensioner | Feb 15, 2023 |
 
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Murtra | Oct 15, 2020 |
I discovered this work after it was assigned as an alternative textbook in lieu of David Held's "Models of Democracy" (for those who could get their hands on it - as it was out of print at the time) for an undergraduate political science course about 20 years ago. If there was ever a text that inspired me to become a political scientist - this was it. Need I say more?
 
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