Second Treatise of Government

John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and physician.

• Introduction; Making the Lives of Transsexual People Visible: Addressing the Politics of Social Erasure; Sex Change, Social Change: Reflections on Identity and Institutions; Transsexuals Behind Bars; Beyond Image Content: Examining Transsexuals' Access to the Media; Inclusive Pedagogy in the Women's Studies Classroom: Teaching the Kimberly Nixon Case; Statement for Social Service Agencies and Transsexual/Transgendered Organisations on Service Delivery to Transsexual and Transvestite Prostitutes; Interview with Mirha-Soleil Ross; Against Transgender Rights: Understanding the Imperialism of Contemporary Transgender Politics; Conclusion.

Macpherson provides for his readers a tightly written, meaty, and often invigorating critical assessment of Locke's argument. In it one finds some of the best of Macpherson's now famous criticism of liberal-democratic government. --Gregory E. Pyrcz in Canadian Philosophical Review