Locke in America The Moral Philosophy of the Founding Era Jerome Huyler 370 pages, 6 x 9 American Political Thought Paper ISBN 978-0-7006-1108-9, $24.95 Books on John Locke abound, but until now none have captured the real Locke. By removing the layers of misperception that have clouded the philosopher's portrait for decades, Jerome Huyler reveals a startling new image that suggests a much stronger link between Locke's thought and the American Founding. Huyler contends that authors as accomplished as J.G.A. Pocock, Bernard Bailyn, Gordon Wood, Thomas Pangle, and Joyce Appleby have largely misread or ignored Locke's influence on the Founders. Building upon and critiquing their pioneering works, Huyler argues that the American revolutionaries, the Federalists, the Antifederalists, and the Jeffersonian republicans were all committed to a set of moral and political beliefs which were readily available and clearly articulated in Locke's writings. "One of Huyler's great strengths is his confrontation with and representation of the historical Locke, which affords his work an important and unusual status and allows him to reinterpret Locke in ways that are often original and insightful. This book makes a substantial contribution to the continuing dismantling of the republican/no Locke interperpretation of eighteenth-century Anglo-American political thought as well as to Locke scholarship itself."--Gordon J. Schochet, author of The Authoritarian Family and Political Attitudes in Seventeenth-Century England "Huyler carries his new and persuasive interpretation of Locke onto the battlefield of American historiography and plants the flag of Lockean liberalism, rightly understood, atop the high moral and ideological ground of the founding of the American Republic. His passion is evident, but appropriately restrained. He treats the victims of his critique--and it's a long and distinguished list-graciously and fairly. He also writes well, with flashes of eloquence."--Steven M. Dworetz, author of The Unvarnished Doctrine: Locke, Liberalism, and the American Revolution JEROME HUYLER, a freelance writer, received his Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research and has lectured at New York University, Iona College, and SUNY–Purchase.   Home | About the Press | Recent Awards | Contact Us | Order New Books: | By Author | By Subject | By Title | By Series Books in Print: | By Author | By Subject | By Title | By Series ©2007 University Press of Kansas 2502 Westbrooke Circle, Lawrence, KS 66045-4444 Phone (785) 864-4155; Fax (785) 864-4586