{"product_id":"books-hobbes-on-civil-association-by-michael-oakeshott","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 \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eRationalism in Politics and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn History and Other Essays, \u003c\/i\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 Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53507957391633,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780865972919.jpg?v=1778138741","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-hobbes-on-civil-association-by-michael-oakeshott","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}