Hobbes on Civil Association

by Michael Oakeshott

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865972915
• ISBN13: 9780865972919
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5