philosophical explorations of individualism, community, and equality /
Matthew H. Kramer.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1997.
1 online resource (xiii, 347 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-345) and index.
Matthew Kramer offers an extensive critique of the labor theory and investigates the consequences of its downfall. With incisive analyses of the merits and failings of many aspects of Locke's political thought, Kramer advances a powerful challenge to Locke's image as an individualist. Employing a rigorously philosophical methodology, but remaining aware of the insights generated by historical approaches to Locke, Kramer concludes that Locke's political vision was in fact profoundly communitarian.