On the Mysterious 1831 Cherokee Manuscript or Jisdu Fixes John Locke’s Two Treatises of Civil Government

Authors

  • Brian Burkhart California State University, Northridge

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/tm.372

Keywords:

Native American, Cherokee, John Locke, Trickster, Red Reading

Abstract

This article imagines that the Cherokee Rabbit Trickster, Jisdu, got his hands on the orginal manuscript of John Locke's Two Treatises on Civil Government.  What is presented here is Jisdu's rewritting and reimaging from with a Cherokee context the ideas of Locke's foundational work on popular sovereignty and private property.

Author Biography

Brian Burkhart, California State University, Northridge

Director/Associate Professor

American Indian Studies

Philosophy

Phd Philosophy Indiana University, Bloomington (2008)

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Published

2018-04-25

How to Cite

Burkhart, B. (2018). On the Mysterious 1831 Cherokee Manuscript or Jisdu Fixes John Locke’s Two Treatises of Civil Government. Transmotion, 4(1), 40–76. https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/tm.372