{"id":40802257763,"date":"2021-08-17T10:01:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T14:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802257763"},"modified":"2021-08-18T19:23:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T23:23:16","slug":"dooley-publishes-states-of-nature-and-social-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/dooley-publishes-states-of-nature-and-social-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Dooley Publishes &#8220;States of Nature and Social Contracts&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Kevin Dooley, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the department of Political Science and Sociology, recently published &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peterlang.com\/view\/title\/74178\">States of Nature and Social Contracts<\/a>&#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 who have used these metaphors as a means of justifying a free, fair, and open society. The last chapter critiques these ideas through three different lenses: conservatism, feminism (gender theory), and critical race theory. This combination of perspectives makes the book unique in the field of political theory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This is Dooley\u2019s fourth book and second in the field of political philosophy.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peterlang.com\/view\/title\/74178\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40802257774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/08\/States-of-Nature.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of Prof. Dooley's new book\" width=\"314\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/08\/States-of-Nature.jpg 314w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/08\/States-of-Nature-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/08\/States-of-Nature-280x391.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/08\/States-of-Nature-108x150.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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