Michael Oakeshott, the Ancient Greeks, and the Philosophical Study of Politics

Eric S. Kos (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

200 Seiten

2008
Imprint Academic (Verlag)
978-1-84540-075-0 (ISBN)

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This book addresses a question fundamental for Oakeshott throughout his life, which is what we are doing when we read and discuss some memorable work in the history of political thought. The approach the book takes to Oakeshott's response to this question is of particular interest in that it explores in detail extensive notes he made on the beginnings of political philosophy in ancient Greece in an unpublished set of notebooks in which he recorded his thoughts on many different subjects throughout his life. In addition, the book gives contemporary significance to Oakeshott's interpretation of the history of political thought by using it to confront a series of contemporary challenges to the study of the history of political thought and to the study of the 'great books.' In particular, Oakeshott's distinction between 'various kinds or levels of political thought' is carefully analyzed, as is also the extent of his agreement and disagreement with Quentin Skinner. In the concluding chapter, the author relates Oakeshott's view of the nature of the history of political thought to his well-known description of philosophy as 'conversation', describing it as an introduction to that conversation.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.3.2008
Reihe/Serie	British Idealist Studies, Series 1: Oakeshott
Verlagsort	Exeter
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	600 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	1-84540-075-5 / 1845400755
ISBN-13	978-1-84540-075-0 / 9781845400750
Zustand	Neuware