Identity and difference
Subtitle: John Locke and the invention of consciousness
By: Etienne Balibar ; edited and with an introduction by Stella Sandford ; translated by Warren Montag
Contributors: Sandford, Stella, 1966- editor of compilation
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Brooklyn, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781781681343; 9781781681350
Subjects: Identity (Philosophical concept); Consciousness; Self (Philosophy)
Work titles: Identité et différence
Description: 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, Étienne Balibar demonstrates Locke's role in the formation of two concepts central to the metaphysics of the subject--consciousness and the self--and the complex philosophical, legal, moral and political nature of his terms. With an accompanying essay by Stella Sandford, situating Balibar's reading of Locke in the history of the reception of the Essay and within Balibar's other writings on "the subject," Identity and Difference rethinks a crucial moment in the history of Western philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.