Liberal Amnesia: Review of "The Pretenses of Loyalty," Pt. 1
John Perry’s recent book "The Pretenses of Loyalty" offers a clear, penetrating, and persuasive diagnosis of the predicament of contemporary liberal political theory through consideration not only of...
View ArticleLocating the Early Locke: Review of "The Pretenses of Loyalty," Pt. 2
One of the most valuable contributions of Perry’s book is his attempt to illuminate the heretofore rather unexplored territory of Locke’s early work—his 1667 Essay on Toleration and especially his 1660...
View ArticleLocke's Tenuous Harmonization of Loyalties: Review of "The Pretenses of...
Chapters 4 and 5 of Pretenses of Loyalty constitute the heart of Perry’s argument, offering as they do an intriguing re-interpretation of Locke’s Letter Concerning Toleration and revealing the tensions...
View ArticleLocke and Loyalty Today: Review of the "Pretenses of Loyalty," Pt. 4
The crucial thread in Perry’s narrative has been that of the “turn to loyalty”: where Rawlsian liberalism can dismiss the problem of religious loyalty and imagine that religious and political loyalties...
View ArticleBook Preview – A Book Forged in Hell by Steven Nadler
Writing in May, 1670, the German theologian Jacob Thomasius fulminated against a recent, anonymously published book. It is, he claimed, “a godless document” that should be immediately banned in all...
View ArticleLiberal Amnesia: Review of “The Pretenses of Loyalty,” Pt. 1
John Perry’s recent book "The Pretenses of Loyalty" offers a clear, penetrating, and persuasive diagnosis of the predicament of contemporary liberal political theory through consideration not only of...
View ArticleLocating the Early Locke: Review of "The Pretenses of Loyalty," Pt. 2
One of the most valuable contributions of Perry’s book is his attempt to illuminate the heretofore rather unexplored territory of Locke’s early work—his 1667 Essay on Toleration and especially his 1660...
View ArticleLocke's Tenuous Harmonization of Loyalties: Review of "The Pretenses of...
Chapters 4 and 5 of Pretenses of Loyalty constitute the heart of Perry’s argument, offering as they do an intriguing re-interpretation of Locke’s Letter Concerning Toleration and revealing the tensions...
View ArticleLocke and Loyalty Today: Review of the "Pretenses of Loyalty," Pt. 4
The crucial thread in Perry’s narrative has been that of the “turn to loyalty”: where Rawlsian liberalism can dismiss the problem of religious loyalty and imagine that religious and political loyalties...
View ArticleBook Preview – A Book Forged in Hell by Steven Nadler
Writing in May, 1670, the German theologian Jacob Thomasius fulminated against a recent, anonymously published book. It is, he claimed, “a godless document” that should be immediately banned in all...
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