Acknowledgements; Note on the text; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. John Locke and Interregnum Hobbism; 2. The Restoration projects of Thomas Hobbes; 3. John Locke and the Restoration politique; 4. Non-domination liberty in spiritual context; 5. Locke, conscience, and the Libertas Ecclesiae; 6. Locke and Catholicism: the 'Roman Leviathan'; 7. Locke and a 'more liberal' Hobbism; Conclusion. Conscience and Liberalism's two paths; Bibliography; Index.
Revolutionises our understanding of Hobbes's influence over Locke and their roles within the history of religious freedom and liberalism.
Jeffrey R. Collins is Associate Professor of History at Queen's University, Canada. He is the author of The Allegiance of Thomas Hobbes (2005) and numerous articles on modern religion and political thought in journals such as Modern Intellectual History and the Journal of Modern History. He is also a regular book reviewer for the Wall Street Journal and the Times Literary Supplement.
'This is a major scholarly contribution, and among many important
contributions of this extremely valuable new book by one of the
most important interpreters of Hobbes, and now also of Locke.' John
Marshall, Hobbes Studies
'In the Shadow of Leviathan is a worthy sequel to Jeffrey Collins's
outstanding 2005 book, The Allegiance of Thomas Hobbes … Among the
many virtues of Collins's book, the most impressive is his
meticulous examination of the historical context in which the shift
in Locke's thinking occurred. In a time in which many academic
books are written too hastily, it is satisfying to read a work that
is clearly the product of many years of painstaking research.
Political theorists, in particular, will find that they have much
to learn - as this one did - from Collins's thorough examination of
the debates and political dynamics of the Interregnum and
especially the Restoration.' Devin Stauffer, The Review of
Politics
'A definitive and transformative study.' E. J. Eisenach, Choice
'… Collins's consistently brilliant reading of Hobbes and Locke
through the lens of 'the Restoration toleration wars' provides a
vital reminder of the inadequacy of toleration, in and of itself,
as the interpretive key to the ecclesiastical politics of the era.'
Brent S. Sirota, Journal of British Studies
'… In the Shadow of Leviathan is an important work of scholarship
from which no one can fail to learn a great deal. It is to be hoped
that it will stimulate other scholars to rescue the relationship
between Locke and Hobbes from a period of anomalous and wholly
undeserved neglect.' Nicholas Jolley, Journal of the History of
Philosophy
'Jeffrey Collins has written a hulk of a book, one carrying not an
ounce of fat. Erudite and forensic, it is a challenging read. But
it is also a book that shows what intellectual history at its very
best can do …' Robert G. Ingram, The Journal of Ecclesiastical
History
'… Jeffrey R. Collins's magnificent study In the Shadow of
Leviathan: John Locke and the Politics of Conscience invites us to
set aside these familiar configurations in a favor of a more
nuanced set of intellectual and political affiliations and
disaffiliations …' Brent S. Sirota, Journal of British Studies
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