John Locke and the uncivilized society: individualism and resistance in America today
In: Political theory for today
The uncivilized society : John Locke's ironic place in America today -- Conflicting views of Locke in the secondary literature -- Locke's political thought and pneumopathology -- Locke's speculative view of history -- Locke's abstract definition of rebellion -- Locke's limited idea of reason -- Locke's limited idea of religion -- Locke's limited idea of education -- Islamic terrorism, Locke's theory of positive toleration and how the ideological dynamics of the war on terrorism advantaged the Islamic State -- The hole in the fence : shortcomings of Lockean theory and how to improve liberal justifications for resistance.