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Identity and Difference: John Locke and the Invention of Consciousness

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Identity and Difference: John Locke and the Invention of Consciousness - Balibar, Etienne
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John Locke's foundational place in the history of British empiricism and liberal political thought is well established. So, in what sense can Locke be considered a modern European philosopher? Identity and Difference argues for reassessing this canonical figure. Closely examining the "treatise on identity" added to the second edition of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding , ???tienne Balibar demonstrates Locke's role in the formation of two concepts central to the metaphysics of the subject--consciousness and the ...

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Identity and Difference: John Locke and the Invention of Consciousness 2013, Verso, London

ISBN-13: 9781781681343

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