uez ▁Cris is ; ▁it ▁was ▁never ▁published ▁however , ▁as ▁the ▁party ▁wanted ▁to ▁move ▁on ▁from ▁S uez ▁as ▁quickly ▁as ▁possible . ▁He ▁stood ▁un success fully ▁for ▁the ▁parliament ary ▁seat ▁of ▁Bass et law ▁during ▁the ▁General ▁E lection ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁for ▁the ▁Conserv ative ▁Party . ▁Cow ling ▁later ▁said ▁that ▁" I ▁enjoyed ▁being ▁a ▁candidate , ▁though ▁it ▁was ▁very ▁hard ▁work ▁and ▁elections ▁are ▁like ▁what ▁I ▁imagine ▁having ▁all ▁your ▁teeth ▁out ▁is ▁like ". ▁ ▁Academ ic ▁career ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁Cow ling ▁was ▁elected ▁a ▁Fellow ▁of ▁Jesus ▁College ▁and ▁Director ▁of ▁Studies ▁in ▁Econom ics , ▁shortly ▁before ▁the ▁History ▁Fac ulty ▁appointed ▁him ▁to ▁an ▁Ass istant ▁L ect ures hip . ▁Cow ling ' s ▁first ▁book ▁was ▁The ▁Nature ▁and ▁Lim its ▁of ▁Political ▁Science . ▁In fl uen ced ▁by ▁Michael ▁O akes h ott , ▁this ▁was ▁an ▁attack ▁on ▁political ▁science ▁and ▁political ▁philosophy ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁then ▁taught . ▁Cow ling ▁argued ▁that ▁social ▁science ' s ▁claim ▁to ▁have ▁discovered ▁how ▁people ▁behav ed ▁was ▁false ▁because ▁politics ▁was ▁too ▁complex ▁and ▁fluid ▁to ▁be ▁rational ised ▁by ▁the or ists ▁and ▁only ▁fully ▁intellig ible ▁to ▁polit icians . ▁ ▁During ▁six ▁weeks ▁of ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁Cow ling ▁wrote ▁Mill ▁and ▁Liberal ism , ▁which ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁and ▁became ▁one ▁of