In the Shadow of Leviathan

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Offering a vivid account of the revolutionary times through which they lived, this book revolutionises our understanding of Hobbes and Locke. Focused on their own era, it reveals a great deal about how religious toleration and religious politics developed within modern liberalism, and explores tensions that are with us still. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.