‘It can never be too greatly emphasized that in each age the substance of liberty will be found in what the dominating forces of that age most greatly want.’
Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham, Harold Laski’s comprehensive survey of British political thought, traces the evolution of the ideas that shaped the British state from the Glorious Revolution to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Laski examines the ideas of seminal thinkers such as Locke, Hume, Burke, Bentham, and others, revealing how their ideas influenced modern conceptions of liberty, government, and the individual. This concise yet comprehensive work provides readers with a view of two centuries of intellectual development and remains a foundational text on the development of political thought in Britain.
Harold Joseph Laski was a British political theorist, educator, and active member of the British Labour Party. He was a major proponent of Marxism in Britain during his time.