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The Poetic Character of Human Activity

Author : Wendell John Coats
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739171623
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Poetic Character of Human Activity written by Wendell John Coats and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012-07-21 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Poetic Character of Human Activity is a collection of essays by two Oakeshott scholars, most of which explores the meaning of Oakeshott’s pregnant phrase, “the poetic character of human activity” by comparing and contrasting this idea with similar and opposing ones, in particular those of the Taoist thinker, Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), and his Western interpreter, A.C. Graham. Oakeshott’s deep appreciation of the poetic and non-instrumental character of human activity led him to develop an interest in the works of Zhuangzi and Confucius. Comparison of shared themes between Oakeshott and these two Chinese thinkers facilitates appreciation of his elegant analytic style and his resort to use of metaphors and story-telling when conveying some of his most profound insights. The collection also contains essays contrasting Oakeshott’s idea of the “creative” in human experience with views of, among others, Plato, Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin. Oakeshott used the phrase “the poetic character of human activity” (arguably the animating center of his entire thought), to refer to the “creative” character of human experiential reality, that is, to the fact that the form (the how) and content (the what) of all human experience and activity arise simultaneously and fluidly, and can be separated only at the expense of theoretical coherence and practical skill. The various essays in this collection explore the meaning of this claim, and its ramifications for the proper role of critical intellect in especially philosophy, morality, learning, and governance. There is also some brief contrast of Oakeshott with John Rawls, Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, and Quentin Skinner.

The Legendary Past

Author : Natalie Riendeau
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1845407830
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book The Legendary Past written by Natalie Riendeau and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores Oakeshott's thought on the key role human imagination plays in relation to the political. It addresses four main themes: imagination, foundational narratives, the question of political societies' identities as well as that of human living-together, to use Hannah Arendt's expression. The book's main objective is to show that Oakeshott may be rightfully understood to be a philosopher of the imagination as well as a foundationalist thinker in the Arendtian narrative constructivist tradition.

The Place of Michael Oakeshott in Contemporary Western and Non-Western Thought

Author : Noel O'Sullivan
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1845409507
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

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Book Synopsis The Place of Michael Oakeshott in Contemporary Western and Non-Western Thought by : Noel O'Sullivan

Download or read book The Place of Michael Oakeshott in Contemporary Western and Non-Western Thought written by Noel O'Sullivan and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The continuing growth of worldwide interest in Michael Oakeshott's philosophy and political theory has recently (2016) been marked by the publication of two 'Companion to Oakeshott' volumes. This event provides a welcome opportunity to explore the reasons for his influence both within the West and beyond it. Essays by contributors from Britain, Canada, Hong Kong, India, and the USA provide a comprehensive critical assessment of the principal aspects of Oakeshott's thought that account for his contemporary relevance. The unusually multi-national background of the authors aims to give the volume a wide appeal, extending not only to those already familiar with Oakeshott’s writings but also to those as yet unfamiliar with them, regardless of their cultural background. All the contributors have attempted to write in a way that makes Oakeshott as accessible as possible.

Michael Oakeshott as a Philosopher of the Creative

Author : Wendell John Coats Jr.
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1788360117
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Michael Oakeshott as a Philosopher of the Creative written by Wendell John Coats Jr. and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of eight (mostly) recent essays on the work of the 20th-century English philosophic essayist, Michael Oakeshott. Six of them advance the view in different ways that Oakeshott's multifarious lifework may be understood as variations on a singular insight — that the structure of experiential reality is 'creative' or 'poetic’, with the form and content (the how and what) of thought and activity occurring simultaneously and conditioning one another reciprocally; and that this experiential structure has specifiable cultural, political and legal ramifications. In advancing and illustrating this viewpoint, comparisons and contrasts are drawn with medieval nominalism, philosophic idealism, Cartesianism, modernity, post-modernism, Chinese Daoism and with the views of thinkers such as Sir Henry Maine, Charles McIlwain, M.B. Foster, Leo Strauss, A.C. Graham, Friedrich Hayek, Efraim Podoksik, John Liddington, and others. Included also is an essay on the educational views of Oakeshott and A.N. Whitehead, and another on Oakeshott, Max Weber and Carl Schmitt and the relationship between politics and armed force. A very brief concluding postscript asserts the continued relevance (as a corrective) of Oakeshott’s views on the creative structure of human experience in an age of ‘artificial intelligence’ (AI).

Political Theory and Practice

Author : Wendell John Coats
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781575910758
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Political Theory and Practice written by Wendell John Coats and published by Susquehanna University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this monograph address the relation of political theorizing to political practice and action collected in over two decades of teaching the canonical history of Western political theory. The issues were selected not on some deductive or speculative basis, but for the light they may shed on the political theory.

Michael Oakeshott on Religion, Aesthetics, and Politics

Author : Elizabeth Campbell Corey
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826265170
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)

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Book Synopsis Michael Oakeshott on Religion, Aesthetics, and Politics by : Elizabeth Campbell Corey

Download or read book Michael Oakeshott on Religion, Aesthetics, and Politics written by Elizabeth Campbell Corey and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.

The Democratic Theory of Michael Oakeshott

Author : Michael Minch
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1845403894
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book The Democratic Theory of Michael Oakeshott written by Michael Minch and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: his book offers a description, explanation, and evaluation of Michael Oakeshott's democratic theory. He was not a democratic theorist as such, but as a twentieth-century English political theorist for whom liberal theory held deep importance, his thought often engaged democratic theory implicitly, and many times did so explicitly. The author's project penetrates two renewals. The first is the revitalization of interest in Oakeshott, and the second is the renewal of democratic theory which began in the 1980s. In respect to this latter renewal, the book engages the deliberative turn in democratic theory. These revivals create the context for this new look at Oakeshott. To state the matter as a problem, one might say that in light of new and fecund democratic theory, it is a problem for political theory if one of the most important political theorists of the twentieth century is left out of the discourse insofar as he has something relevant to say about deliberative democracy. It is of no small importance that almost all the work in democratic theory being done these days is of the deliberative/discursive kind, or responses to it. That is, deliberative theory is driving the agenda of democratic theory. The author argues that Oakeshott does indeed have something relevant to say which is applicable to this democratic theory.

The Meanings of Michael Oakeshott's Conservatism

Author : Corey Abel
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1845406036
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book The Meanings of Michael Oakeshott's Conservatism written by Corey Abel and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of recent scholarship on the thought of Michael Oakeshott includes essays by both distinguished and established authors as well as a fresh crop of younger talent. Together, they address the meanings of Oakeshott's conservatism through the lenses of his ideas on religion, history, and tradition, and explore his relationships to philosophers ranging from Hume to Ryle, Cavell, and others. The collection assigns no single or final meaning to Oakeshott's conservatism, but finds in him a number of possibilities for thinking fruitfully about what conservatism might mean, when it is no longer considered as a doctrine, but as a habit or a turn of mind.

The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott

Author : Corey Abel
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 184540601X
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott written by Corey Abel and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a diverse range of perspectives reflecting the international appeal and multi-disciplinary interest that Oakeshott now attracts. The essays offer a variety of approaches to Oakeshott's thought - testament to the abiding depth, originality, suggestiveness and complexity of his writings. The essays include contributions from well-known Oakeshott scholars along with ample representation from a new generation. As a collection these essays challenge Oakeshott's reputation as merely a 'critic of social planning'. Contributors include Josiah Lee Auspitz, Debra Candreva, Wendell John Coats Jr., Douglas DenUyl, George Feaver, Paul Franco, Richard Friedman, Timothy Fuller, Robert Grant, Eric S. Kos, Leslie Marsh, Kenneth Minogue, Terry Nardin, Keith Sutherland, Martyn Thompson and Gerhard Wolmarans.

Oakeshott and His Contemporaries

Author : Wendell John Coats
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781575910383
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Oakeshott and His Contemporaries written by Wendell John Coats and published by Susquehanna University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Education and Conversation

Author : David Bakhurst
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472584341
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Education and Conversation written by David Bakhurst and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Michael Oakeshott spoke of education as initiation into 'the conversation of mankind' more than fifty years ago, the idea has inspired a diverse array of thinkers and continues to be invoked today by those seeking to resist the influence of managerialism and narrow instrumentalism in educational policy and practice. Education and Conversation draws together papers written by scholars from both the analytic and continental philosophical traditions to offer a variety of perspectives on the implications of Oakeshott's educational ideas. The metaphor of the conversation of mankind is explored, together with the roots of Oakeshott's thinking in his early philosophical work, the relevance of his ideas to the concept of Bildung, and the significance of his political conservatism in evaluating the seemingly progressive potential of his educational ideas. In addition, concepts prominent in Oakeshott's thought are taken up and brought to bear on contemporary philosophical discussions about education, learning and development, including the nature of initiation, the phenomenology of listening, and the value of the liberal arts tradition. Education and Conversation shows how the idea of conversation illuminates both the character and the ends of education, yielding insight into the scope and limits of the philosophy of education and the character of philosophical inquiry more generally.

Michael Oakeshott and Leo Strauss

Author : David McIlwain
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030133818
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Michael Oakeshott and Leo Strauss written by David McIlwain and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compares the thought of Michael Oakeshott and Leo Strauss, bringing Oakeshott’s desire for a renaissance of poetic individuality into dialogue with Strauss’s recovery of the universality of philosophical enlightenment. Starting from the conventional understanding of these thinkers as important voices of twentieth-century conservatism, McIlwain traces their deeper and more radical commitments to the highpoints of human achievement and their shared concerns with the fate of traditional inheritances in modernity, the role and meaning of history, the intention and meaning of political philosophy, and the problem of politics and religion. The book culminates in an articulation of the positions of Oakeshott and Strauss as part of the quarrel of poetry and philosophy, revealing the ongoing implications of their thinking in terms of the profound spiritual and political questions raised by modern thinkers such as Hobbes, Hegel, Nietzsche and Heidegger and leading back to foundational figures of Western civilization including St. Augustine and Socrates.

Anti-Theory in Ethics and Moral Conservatism

Author : Stanley G. Clarke
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780887069123
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (691 download)

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Download or read book Anti-Theory in Ethics and Moral Conservatism written by Stanley G. Clarke and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a timely collection of important papers. It gives focus to a new development in moral philosophy, by defining the problems it addresses, by identifying the similarities and differences among various representatives, and by articulating the common themes which run through the works of these people." -- John Kekes "The book reveals an underlying unity to what might at first appear to be a diverse body of literature. The first section on "Anti-theory in Ethics" collects all of the most important contributions to the growing skepticism about moral theory as it is currently practiced. In itself it would make an interesting and useful collection. By combining it with the second section on moral conservatism, the editors reveal that the implications of the anti-theorists' arguments are not merely negative, and extend beyond the confines of methodological disputes in academic philosophy. The essays in part two both discuss moral conservatism and exemplify it; in so doing they reveal that attempting to build comprehensive theories is not the only way in which moral philosophy can be both rigorous and critical." -- Arthur Ripstein This volume documents a movement from theory and rules in ethics to an account of morality based on local practice and perception of the particular case. The Introduction lays the foundation for this position, then the authors draw from the analytic tradition as they forcefully argue against theory derived from different philosophical ancestors. In the second half they examine moral conservatism, exhibiting how placing moral practice as primary does not restrict one to any form of political conservatism.

Reason, Morality, and Law

Author : John Keown DCL
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191665517
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Reason, Morality, and Law written by John Keown DCL and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Finnis is a pioneer in the development of a new yet classically-grounded theory of natural law. His work offers a systematic philosophy of practical reasoning and moral choosing that addresses the great questions of the rational foundations of ethical judgments, the identification of moral norms, human agency, and the freedom of the will, personal identity, the common good, the role and functions of law, the meaning of justice, and the relationship of morality and politics to religion and the life of faith. The core of Finnis' theory, articulated in his seminal work Natural Law and Natural Rights, has profoundly influenced later work in the philosophy of law and moral and political philosophy, while his contributions to the ethical debates surrounding nuclear deterrence, abortion, euthanasia, sexual morality, and religious freedom have powerfully demonstrated the practical implications of his natural law theory. This volume, which gathers eminent moral, legal, and political philosophers, and theologians to engage with John Finnis' work, offers the first sustained, critical study of Finnis' contribution across the range of disciplines in which rational and morally upright choosing is a central concern. It includes a substantial response from Finnis himself, in which he comments on each of their 27 essays and defends and develops his ideas and arguments.

Environment Poetry

Author : Andrew Frolish
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1907515992
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Environment Poetry written by Andrew Frolish and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a great new resource that provides a selection of poems, lesson plans and worksheets, designed to be used by Key Stage 2 teachers in literacy lessons. The poems and lesson plans are based on a variety of environmental issues, such as recycling, dramatic weather changes and environmental disasters (like oil spills). The book contains 24 lessons with cross-curricular links to support learning in other subject areas. Their interest coincides with the need for schools to raise awareness of environmental concerns and to become more sustainable organisations.

Theatre as Human Action

Author : Thomas S. Hischak
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538163454
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Theatre as Human Action written by Thomas S. Hischak and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-10-17 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theatre as Human Action is the ideal textbook to introduce students to the various aspects of theatre, especially for those who may have little or no theatergoing experience. Seven diverse plays are described to the reader from the start, and then returned to throughout the book so that students can better understand the concepts being discussed. Both the theoretical and practical aspects of theatre are explored, from the classical definition of theatre to today’s most avant-garde theatre activities. Types of plays, the elements of drama, and theatre criticism are presented, as well as detailed descriptions of the different jobs in theatre, such as actor, playwright, director, designer, producer, choreographer, and more. The book concludes with a look at where and how theatre is evolving in America and the latest changes and innovations today. This fourth edition has been greatly expanded and updated, including: The introduction of four new plays—Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Fences; Angels in America; and Hadestown—in addition to Macbeth, You Can’t Take It With You, and Hamilton A discussion of the rise of social media in raising awareness and replacing traditional review outlets An entirely new, enhanced section on diversity and inclusion in theatre An updated selection of playwrights featured, including Terrence McNally, Lynn Nottage, Tony Kushner, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, to better reflect the diversity of those writing for the theatre today. Featuring full-color photographs, updated discussion questions, new topics for further research, and potential creative projects, the fourth edition of Theatre as Human Action is an invaluable resource to introduce students to the world of theatre.

A Companion to Michael Oakeshott

Author : Paul Franco
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271060174
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Michael Oakeshott written by Paul Franco and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Oakeshott has long been recognized as one of the most important political philosophers of the twentieth century, but until now no single volume has been able to examine all the facets of his wide-ranging philosophy with sufficient depth, expertise, and authority. The essays collected here cover all aspects of Oakeshott’s thought, from his theory of knowledge and philosophies of history, religion, art, and education to his reflections on morality, politics, and law. Aside from the editors, the contributors are Corey Abel, David Boucher, Elizabeth Corey, Robert Devigne, Timothy Fuller, Steven Gerencser, Robert Grant, Noel Malcolm, Kenneth McIntyre, Kenneth Minogue, Noël O’Sullivan, Geoffrey Thomas, and Martyn Thompson.