Oakeshott and His Contemporaries
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
Published: June 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781575910383
Subjects: Political science & theory; Political Science; Political Theory; Philosophy; Politics/International Relations; Political; History & Theory - General; 1901-; 1901-1990; Contributions in political sci; Oakeshott, Michael Joseph,; Oakeshott, Michael,
Description: "Oakeshott and His Contemporaries is an exploration of the ideas of one of the most important twentieth-century English political philosophers vis-a-vis related ideas in the thought of seven prominent European thinkers, spanning a millennium and a half.

The intent of the exploration is not an attempt to uncover Oakeshott's intellectual influences (a dubious project in the case of any original thinker), but rather to show the importance and coherence of Oakeshott's various themes by showing how they modify, amplify, and contrast with similar and related themes in the thought of seven better known thinkers - Montaigne, St. Augustine, Hegel, Hobbes, Benjamin Constant, Rousseau, and Hume."--BOOK JACKET.