Hobbes on Civil Association - Hardcover

Oakeshott, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0865972907 ISBN 13: 9780865972902

Publisher: Liberty Fund, 2000

Synopsis

Of 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, “Leviathan is the greatest, perhaps the sole, masterpiece of political philosophy written in the English language.” Hobbes on Civil Association 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 Leviathan” (1946); “The Moral Life in the Writings of Thomas Hobbes” (1960); “Dr. Leo Strauss on Hobbes” (1937); and, “Leviathan: A Myth” (1947). The foreword remarks the place of these essays within Oakeshott’s entire corpus.

Michael Oakeshott (1901–1990) was Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and the author of many essays, among them those collected in Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays and On History and Other Essays, both now published by Liberty Fund.

Paul Franco is a Professor in the Department of Government at Bowdoin College.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Oakeshott (1901 90) was a philosopher and a political theorist who wrote widely on the philosophy of aesthetics, education, history, law, political philosophy and religion. He is perhaps best known as a conservative political and social thinker.

Paul Franco is Professor of Government at Bowdoin College.

Review:

This new collection presents Michael Oakeshott's four principal essays on Hobbes and the nature of civil association as it pertains to ordered liberty. The foreword by Paul Franco remarks the place of these essays within Oakeshott's entire corpus. The essays are "Introduction to Leviathan" (1946) "The Moral Life in the Writings of Thomas Hobbes" (1960) "Dr. Leo Strauss on Hobbes" (1937) "Leviathan: A Myth" (1947)

About this edition

• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0865972907
• ISBN 13: 9780865972902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184