The State of Nature and the Shaping of Modernity - Tracing the Ro...

The State of Nature and the Shaping of Modernity: Tracing the Roots of Colonialism, Secularity, and Ecology

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English | 2025 | ISBN: 1009670468 | 380 Pages | PDF | 1.9 MB
The state of nature is a powerful idea at the heart of the fragmented and sometimes conflicting stories the modern West tells about itself. It also makes sense of foundational Western commitments to equality and accumulation, freedom and property, universality and the individual. By exploring the social and cultural imaginaries that emerge from the distinct and often contradictory accounts of the state of nature in the writing of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, The State of Nature and the Shaping of Modernity offers a fresh perspective on some of the most pressing debates of our time, showing how the state of nature idea provides a powerful lens through which to focus the complex forces shaping today's political and cultural landscape.