{"product_id":"hobbes-on-civil-association-9780865972919","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 \u003cem\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/em\u003e, Oakeshott has written, \"\u003cem\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/em\u003e is the greatest, perhaps the sole, masterpiece of political philosophy written in the English language.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHobbes on Civil Association\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\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 \u003cem\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/em\u003e\" (1946); \"The Moral Life in the Writings of Thomas Hobbes\" (1960); \"Dr. Leo Strauss on Hobbes\" (1937); and, \"\u003cem\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/em\u003e: A Myth\" (1947). The foreword remarks the place of these essays within Oakeshott's entire corpus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Oakeshott\u003c\/strong\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 \u003cem\u003eRationalism in Politics and Other Essays\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOn History and Other Essays, \u003c\/em\u003e both now published by Liberty Fund.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Franco\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor in the Department of Government at Bowdoin College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50924765937938,"sku":"9780865972919","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4374e89d-90d5-4066-b382-ba0853ce3d7b.jpg?v=1738973212","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hobbes-on-civil-association-9780865972919","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}