The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott

by Edited by Efraim Podoksik

• ISBN13: 9780521147927
• ISBN10: 0521147921
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-23
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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 group of scholars offers a comprehensive overview of Oakeshott's philosophy, including his moral and political philosophy, his philosophy of history, science and aesthetics, and his views on the role of education. They analyse Oakeshott's ideas in different intellectual contexts and assess his overall contribution to twentieth-century thought. Accessible and rich with new scholarly material, this volume will be an excellent guide for students and scholars alike.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Oakeshott's Philosophy:

Oakeshott as philosopher

Worlds of experience: history

Worlds of experience: science

Worlds of experience: aesthetics

Education as conversation

Oakeshott on Morality, Society and Politics:

Practical life and the critique of rationalism

Oakeshott's ideological politics: conservative or liberal?

Rhetoric and political language

Oakeshott's On Human Conduct

Oakeshott's political theory: recapitulation and criticisms

Oakeshott and Others:

Oakeshott in the context of British Idealism

Oakeshott in the context of German Idealism

Oakeshott's contribution to Hobbes scholarship

Oakeshott and the Cold-War critique of political rationalism

Bibliography

Index

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