{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"News","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news","author_name":"Amanda Glatz","author_url":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/author\/aglatz\/","title":"Dooley Publishes \"States of Nature and Social Contracts\" | News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Bl7hNnaibW\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/dooley-publishes-states-of-nature-and-social-contracts\/\">Dooley Publishes &#8220;States of Nature and Social Contracts&#8221;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/dooley-publishes-states-of-nature-and-social-contracts\/embed\/#?secret=Bl7hNnaibW\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Dooley Publishes &#8220;States of Nature and Social Contracts&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; News\" data-secret=\"Bl7hNnaibW\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/08\/DM5A0548.jpg","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":683,"description":"Kevin Dooley, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the department of Political Science and Sociology, recently published &#8220;States of Nature and Social Contracts&#8221; (Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, July 2021). The book examines liberalism\u2019s most common thought experiments, the state of nature, and the social contract. The first five chapters examine the dominant thinkers [&hellip;]"}