LEADER 03065oam 22006014a 450 001 9910272353203321 005 20210915044305.0 010 $a1-5017-2638-2 010 $a1-5017-2639-0 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501726392 035 $a(CKB)4340000000258208 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5317514 035 $a(OCoLC)1057427496 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse67877 035 $a(DE-B1597)496622 035 $a(OCoLC)1028954219 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501726392 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000258208 100 $a19920219d1992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Anxiety of Freedom$eImagination and Individuality in Locke's Political Thought /$fUday Singh Mehta 210 1$aIthaca, N.Y. :$cCornell University Press,$d1992. 210 4$dİ1992. 215 $a1 online resource (186 pages) 225 1 $aContestations 311 $a0-8014-2756-8 311 $a1-5017-2640-4 311 08$a9781501726385 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 175-181) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction --$t2. The Critique of Scriptural Politics --$t3. Curiosity, Imagination, and Madness --$t4. Molding Individuality: Direction and Compromise --$t5. Conclusion --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe enduring appeal of liberalism lies in its commitment to the idea that human beings have a "natural" potential to live as free and equal individuals. The realization of this potential, however, is not a matter of nature, but requires that people be molded by a complex constellation of political and educational institutions. In this eloquent and provocative book, Uday Singh Mehta investigates in the major writings of John Locke the implications of this tension between individuals and the institutions that mold them. The process of molding, he demonstrates, involves an external conformity and an internal self-restraint that severely limit the scope of individuality.Mehta explores the centrality of the human imagination in Locke's thought, focusing on his obsession with the potential dangers of the cognitive realm. Underlying Locke's fears regarding the excesses of the imagination is a political anxiety concerning how to limit their potential effects. In light of Locke's views on education, Mehta concludes that the promise of liberation at the heart of liberalism is vitiated by its constraints on cognitive and political freedom. 410 0$aContestations. 606 $aIndividuality 606 $aImagination 606 $aAuthority 606 $aLiberty 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIndividuality. 615 0$aImagination. 615 0$aAuthority. 615 0$aLiberty. 676 $a320/.01 700 $aMehta$b Uday Singh$0729996 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910272353203321 996 $aThe Anxiety of Freedom$92436950 997 $aUNINA