{"product_id":"9781614872269","title":"Hobbes on Civil Association","description":"\u003cp\u003eOf Michael Oakeshott and his interest in Thomas Hobbes, Professor Paul Franco has written, “The themes Oakeshott stresses in his interpretation of Hobbes are . . . skepticism about the role of reason in politics, allegiance to the morality of individuality as opposed to any sort of collectivism, and the principle of a noninstrumental, nonpurposive mode of political association, namely, civil association.” Of Hobbes’s Leviathan, Oakeshott has written, “\u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e is the greatest, perhaps the sole, masterpiece of political philosophy written in the English language.”  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHobbes on Civil Association\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e consists of Oakeshott’s four principal essays on Hobbes and on the nature of civil association as civil association pertains to ordered liberty.  The essays are “Introduction to \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e” (1946); “The Moral Life in the Writings of Thomas Hobbes” (1960); “Dr. Leo Strauss on Hobbes” (1937); and, “\u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e: A Myth” (1947). The foreword remarks the place of these essays within Oakeshott’s entire corpus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Oakeshott\u003c\/b\u003e (1901–1990) was Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and the author of many essays, among them those collected in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRationalism in Politics and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn History and Other Essays,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e both now published by Liberty Fund.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Franco\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor in the Department of Government at Bowdoin College.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182320763120,"sku":"9781614872269","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781614872269_p0.jpg?v=1763848058","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781614872269","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}