Algernon Sidney's Tumultuous Liberalism.

This paper extracts, primarily from his Discourses Concerning Government, Algernon Sidney's tumultuous vision of modern political society. The way Sidney's political theory combines elements of natural rights liberalism, neo-Thomist contract theory, and Machiavellian sociologyâ??a combination as fascinating as often hap-hazardâ??holds great promise for a liberal theory with agonistic sensibilities. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]