{"product_id":"9781442654891","title":"Hobbes and America: Exploring the Constitutional Foundations","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis path-breaking study seriously shakes the credibility of the   prevalent interpretations of American government and politics. It exposes the real   American constitutional morality, one embodied in a code adhered to by those in   political life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank Coleman makes a persuasive case that the real roots of   the American political system are in Hobbes, and not, as is usually thought, in   Locke. He shows that a Hobbesian interpretation fits the transactional, bargaining,   or conflict-management nature of American politics pointed out by all the empirical   political scientists, although this viewpoint is incompatible with the leading   philosophical interpretations of American constitutionalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn so far as the   American system and its rationale are Hobbesian, they are thereby incapable of   resolving social conflicts and of pursuing any common good. The leading theories,   particularly the reformist theories, are unable to absorb the teachings of empirical   political science – and to such an extent that one can speak of a pattern of   political schizophrenia prevailing in the political science   profession.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColeman is no naive iconoclast: he has a thorough grasp and   appreciation of the traditions of political theory from Aristotle to Oakeshott: he   dissects his material meticulously, with coherence and integrity. His synthesis of   empirical and philosophical studies of political life sharpens our perceptions and   forces a re-evaluation of certain ideas and well-entrenched notions. Hobbes and   America has serious implications for understanding both American politics and, more   generally, western political experience and thought. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128168268016,"sku":"9781442654891","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442654891_p0.jpg?v=1763811185","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442654891","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}