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History of the Idea of Toleration
Overview
This module examines the origin, history and character of the idea of toleration by analyzing and discussing a series of classic texts in which it figures centrally. Among the texts studied are: John Locke’s Epistola de tolerantia (Letter concerning toleration); John Stuart Mill’s On liberty; and John Milton’s Areopagitica. The module explores the development of the idea of toleration in the history of political thought and its relation to wider views of religion, politics and society.
Convenor: Dr Timothy Stanton
Autumn Term.
| 20 Credit module |
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| Politics single-subject students |
| Procedural work: Draft of the assessment essay due in week 8 |
| Assessment: 4-5,000 word assessment essay due at the start of the Spring term |
Module guide
, 211kb)Resources
- Week 3: Liberty of conscience, authority, and the foundations of liberalism (PDF
, 181kb) - Week 3: Natural law, nonconformity and toleration (PDF , 207kb)
- Week 4: Authority and freedom in the interpretation of Locke's political theory (PDF , 219kb)
- Week 5: Locke the thinker (PDF , 233kb)
- Week 5: Locke and the politics and theology of toleration (PDF , 132kb)
