| Edition |
New and expanded ed. |
| Description |
xxvi, 556 p. : port. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Reason and the conduct of political life. Rationalism in politics ; Political education ; Political discourse -- Dissecting rationalism. Rational conduct ; The new Bentham ; The activity of being an historian ; The study of politics in a university -- On Hobbes. Introduction to Leviathan ; The moral life in the writings of Thomas Hobbes ; Logos and telos -- Reflections on modern politics. The masses in representative democracy ; The political economy of freedom ; On being conservative ; Talking politics -- On the human condition. The tower of Babel ; The voice of poetry in the conversation of mankind. |
| Note |
"Rationalism in Politics, first published in 1962, has established the late Michael Oakeshott as the leading conservative political theorist in modern Britain. This expanded collection of essays astutely points out the limits of 'reason' in rationalist politics. Oakeshott criticizes ideological schemes to reform society according to supposedly 'scientific' or rationalistic principles that ignore the wealth and variety of human experience."--Amazon.com. |
| Subject |
Political science -- Philosophy.
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Rationalism.
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Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
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| ISBN |
0865970955 (pbk.) |
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0865970947 (hardcover) |
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9780865970946 (hardcover) |
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9780865970953 (pbk.) |
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