
Politics and Experience
Essays Presented to Professor Michael Oakeshott on the Occasion of His Retirement
Cambridge University Press
Published on 3. February 2011
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436 pages
978-0-521-14822-1 (ISBN)
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This volume was compiled in 1968 to honour the retirement of the eminent political philosopher Professor Michael Oakeshott. Professor Oakeshott, widely regarded as one of the most important conservative intellectuals of the twentieth century, understood the need for political philosophy to conceive experience as a whole, and accordingly sought to address politics both historically and rationally. These essays engage with the common concerns of his major works, opportunistically exploring the ideas of this great thinker further. Moreover, they are a reflection of the contributors' academic interests, variously discussing tradition, the nature of political philosophy, ideology, revolution, education, history and rationalism. As the essays contained within are separate investigations of Oakeshott's ideas, they can be enjoyed both in and out of sequence. This volume will be of value to anyone with an appreciation of political philosophy and its history, and indeed, with an interest in the ideas of Professor Oakeshott himself.
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English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
704 gr
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978-0-521-14822-1 (9780521148221)
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Essays Presented to Professor Michael Oakeshott on the Occasion of His Retirement
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11/1968
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Preston King | B. C. Parekh
Politics and Experience
Essays Presented to Professor Michael Oakeshott on the Occasion of His Retirement
Book
11/1968
Cambridge University Press
€22.32
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Content
Acknowledgements; Contributors; Editors' introduction; 1. The practical and the historical past W. H. Walsh; 2. Michael Oakeshott's theory of history William H. Dray; 3. Michael Oakeshott's philosophy of education R. S. Peters; 4. A case of identity M. M. Goldsmith; 5. Idealism, modern philosophy and politics W. H. Greenleaf; 6. Paradigms and political theories Sheldon S. Wolin; 7. The nature of political philosophy B. C. Parekh; 8. Time, institutions and action: an essay on traditions and their understanding J. G. A. Pocock; 9. Is there reason in tradition? Samuel Coleman; 10. Revolution, tradition and political continuity K. R. Minogue; 11. Rationalism triumphant: an essay on the kibbutzim of Israel Dorothea Krook; 12. An ideological fallacy Preston King; 13. Politics and literature: John Adams and Doctor Johnson Donald Davie; 14. A bibliography of works by Michael Oakeshott W. H. Greenleaf; Index.