{"product_id":"on-hobbes-alan-ryan-9780871408488","title":"On Hobbes: Escaping the War of All Against All","description":"In \u003cem\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the greatest works of political philosophy of all time, English philosopher Thomas Hobbes created the idea of a \"social contract\" and set out to explicate a doctrine for the foundation of states and legitimate forms of government. In \u003cem\u003eOn Hobbes\u003c\/em\u003e, Alan Ryan explains how Hobbes created the secular conception of the state and politics in one of the first truly modern works of political philosophy. Inverting Aristotle's view of politics, Hobbes argued that humans organize themselves into political communities not out of any sociable impulse to pursue the good life in common, but rather out of an unsociable fear of one another and for the sake of avoiding the greatest evil of all: death. Ryan explicates how modern notions of individual rights, sovereignty, representative government, and almost all liberal political theory find their foundation in the work of Hobbes. \u003cp\u003eExcerpted here are: \u003cem\u003eLeviathan, The Elements of Law\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Ryan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0871408481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780871408488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.20h x 4.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Alan Ryan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926701310207,"sku":"9780871408488","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_080a3922-9730-4a0d-ac2b-ceeeae199bb2.jpg?v=1681084535","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-hobbes-alan-ryan-9780871408488","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}