Oakeshott on History
1st Edition
Published on 15. October 2015
362 pages
978-1-84540-427-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book challenges the common view that Michael Oakeshott was mainly important as a political philosopher by offering the first comprehensive study of his ideas on history. It argues that Oakeshott's writings on the philosophy of history mark him out as the most successful of the philosophers who attempted to establish historical study as an autonomous form of thought during the twentieth century. It also contends that his work on the history of political thought is best seen in the context of debates over the origins of the liberal state. For the first time, extensive use has been made of unpublished material in the collection of Oakeshott's papers at the LSE, resulting in an intellectual biography that should be of interest both to first-time students and those already familiar with his published works.
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Front matter
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Body matter
- Introduction
- Chapter One: History, Religion and Politics, 1901-1939
- Chapter Two: The Philosophy of History, 1925-1939
- Chapter Three: The History of Character, 1945-1958
- Chapter Four: The Philosophy of History, 1947-1975
- Chapter Five: Modern European Politics, 1958-1975
- Chapter Six: The Philosophy of History, 1975-1983
- Conclusion
- Back matter
- Bibliography
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