John Locke, Territory, and Transmigration

This book examines John Locke as a theorist of migration, immigration, and the movement of peoples. It outlines the contours of the public discourse surrounding migration in the seventeenth century and situates Locke's in-depth involvement in these debates.

Autorentext

Brian Smith is Assistant Professor in the Political Science and International Relations Department at Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan. He received his PhD in Political Science from Boston University. He works broadly on intellectual history, alternative models of citizenship, and on immigration. His published work can be found in various journals including History of Political Thought, Polity, Citizenship Studies, Science and Society, Locke Studies, Philosophy and Literature, among others.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Population Discourses in the Seventeenth Century 3. Locke and the Proliferation of "Hands" 4. The Right of Withdrawal and the Colonial Context 5. Locke on Naturalization 6. Territorial Rights, Exclusion, and the Great Art of Government