Parsing M acpherson
The Last Rites of Locke the Possessive Individualist
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20143168 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hugh Breakey (0000-0002-5170-2091, Griffith University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 62-83 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theoria (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/theo.12022 |
| OpenAlex | W1903024408 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 22 |
C . B . M acpherson's “ P ossessive I ndividualist” reading of Locke is one of the most radical and influential interpretations in the history of exegesis. Despite a substantial critical response over the past five decades, M acpherson's reading remains orthodox in various circles in the humanities generally, particularly in legal studies, and his interpretation of several crucial passages has unwittingly been followed even by his sharpest critics within L ockean scholarship. In order to present the definitive rebuttal to this interpretation, and so finally to lay it to rest, I argue that every one of M acpherson's key pieces of textual evidence can be rejected entirely on its own terms; that is, by reference to no more than its immediate context. In this way I contend that fault of the Possessive Individualist reading lies far deeper than mere cherry‐picking of the Lockean corpus, but centrally involves misreading, misplacing and misrepresenting the very parts of L ocke's work M acpherson cites as evidence for his reading
Art · Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Individualism · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Possessive · Reading (process) · Scholarship · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
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Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
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The Evolution of Rights in Liberal Theory
God, Locke, and Equality
The Lockean Theory of Rights
Hobbes, Locke and Professor Macpherson
Express Consent and Full Membership in Locke
Justice and the Interpretation of Locke's Political Theory
Locke and the Dictatorship of the Bourgeoisie
Enough and as Good Left for Others
The Aristotelianism of Locke's Politics
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| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2021 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |