Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott

Informationen zum Autor Efraim Podoksik is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is author of In Defence of Modernity: Vision and Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott (2003). Klappentext A systematic and accessible presentation of the ideas of one of the leading British philosophers of the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung This volume presents the main aspects of Oakeshott's philosophy in an accessible way and is rich with new scholarly material. Of interest to graduate students and academic researchers of philosophy; political theory; philosophy of history! science and education; and aesthetics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Efraim Podoksik; Part I. Oakeshott's Philosophy: 1. Oakeshott as philosopher James Alexander; 2. Worlds of experience: history Luke O'Sullivan; 3. Worlds of experience: science Byron Kaldis; 4. Worlds of experience: aesthetics Elizabeth Corey; 5. Education as conversation Kevin Williams; Part II. Oakeshott on Morality, Society and Politics: 6. Practical life and the critique of rationalism Steven Smith; 7. Oakeshott's ideological politics: conservative or liberal? Andrew Gamble; 8. Rhetoric and political language Terry Nardin; 9. Oakeshott's On Human Conduct Paige Digeser and Richard Flathman; 10. Oakeshott's political theory: recapitulation and criticisms Williams A. Galston; Part III. Oakeshott and Others: 11. Oakeshott in the context of British Idealism David Boucher; 12. Oakeshott in the context of German Idealism Efraim Podoksik; 13. Oakeshott's contribution to Hobbes scholarship Ian Tregenza; 14. Oakeshott and the Cold-War critique of political rationalism Dana Villa; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Efraim Podoksik, Efraim (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Podoksik, Podoksik Efraim
• Assisted by: Efraim Podoksik (Editor), Efraim (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Podoksik (Editor), Podoksik Efraim (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.06.2012
• EAN: 9780521764674
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76467-4
• No. of pages: 386
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Philos; Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -