Michael Oakeshott on Religion, Aesthetics, and Politics"Argues that Oakeshott's views on aesthetics, religion, and morality, which she places in the Augustinian tradition, are intimately linked to a creative moral personality that underlies his political theorizing. Also compares Oakeshott's Rationalism to Voegelin's concept of Gnosticism and considers both thinkers' treatment of Hobbes to delineate their philosophical differences"--Provided by publisher. |
Contents
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2 Oakeshott and Augustine on the Human Condition | 20 |
3 Future Past and Present | 46 |
4 Oakeshotts Religious Thought | 73 |
5 Oakeshotts Aesthetics | 98 |
6 The Tower of Babel and the Moral Life | 127 |
7 Rationalism and the Politics of Faith | 155 |
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Michael Oakeshott on Religion, Aesthetics, and Politics Elizabeth Campbell Corey No preview available - 2006 |
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