The Cambridge companion to Oakeshott /
"Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990) was one of the leading British philosophers of the twentieth century. He has been influential particularly as a political philosopher, but his work reflects a range of philosophical interests that have more gradually come to be appreciated. In this volume a broad...
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Podoksik, Efraim. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. |
| Series: | Cambridge companions to philosophy.
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| Online Access: | http://assets.cambridge.org/97805217/64674/cover/9780521764674.jpg |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction Efraim Podoksik
- Part I. Oakeshott's Philosophy
- 1. Oakeshott as philosopher
- 2. Worlds of experience: history
- 3. Worlds of experience: science
- 4. Worlds of experience: aesthetics
- 5. Education as conversation
- Part II. Oakeshott on Morality, Society and Politics
- 6. Practical life and the critique of rationalism
- 7. Oakeshott's ideological politics: conservative or liberal?
- 8. Rhetoric and political language
- 9. Oakeshott's On Human Conduct
- 10. Oakeshott's political theory: recapitulation and criticisms
- Part III. Oakeshott and Others
- 11. Oakeshott in the context of British Idealism
- 12. Oakeshott in the context of German Idealism
- 13. Oakeshott's contribution to Hobbes scholarship
- 14. Oakeshott and the Cold-War critique of political rationalism
- Bibliography
- Index