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Author |
: Wendell John Coats Jr. |
Publisher |
: Andrews UK Limited |
Total Pages |
: 162 |
Release |
: 2021-06-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781788360104 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1788360109 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Michael Oakeshott as a Philosopher of the Creative by : Wendell John Coats Jr.
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).
Author |
: Wendell John Coats |
Publisher |
: British Idealist Studies, Seri |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1845409930 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781845409937 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Michael Oakeshott as a Philosopher of the "creative" by : Wendell John Coats
This book is a collection of eight (mostly) recent essays on the work of the twentieth-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).
Author |
: Elizabeth Campbell Corey |
Publisher |
: University of Missouri Press |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780826265173 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0826265170 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis Michael Oakeshott on Religion, Aesthetics, and Politics by : Elizabeth Campbell Corey
"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.
Author |
: Wendell John Coats |
Publisher |
: Lexington Books |
Total Pages |
: 152 |
Release |
: 2012-07-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780739171622 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0739171623 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Poetic Character of Human Activity by : Wendell John Coats
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.
Author |
: Wendell John Coats |
Publisher |
: Lexington Books |
Total Pages |
: 152 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780739171615 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0739171615 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Poetic Character of Human Activity by : Wendell John Coats
The Poetic Character of Human Activity: Collected Essays on the Thought of Michael Oakshott is a collection of nine essays by two Oakeshott scholars, most of which explore the meaning of Oakeshott's pregnant phrase, "the poetic character of human activity" by comparing and contrasting this central idea with similar and opposing ones, in particular those of the Chinese thinkers, Zhuangzi and Confucius, but also of Western thinkers such as Plato, Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin. Common themes addressed include the poetic or non-instrumental aspects of philosophizing, teaching and learning, morality and governance.
Author |
: David McIlwain |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 227 |
Release |
: 2019-03-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783030133818 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3030133818 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Michael Oakeshott and Leo Strauss by : David McIlwain
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.
Author |
: Eric Steven Kos |
Publisher |
: Andrews UK Limited |
Total Pages |
: 159 |
Release |
: 2016-07-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781845408695 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1845408691 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Michael Oakeshott, the Ancient Greeks, and the Philosophical Study of Politics by : Eric Steven Kos
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.
Author |
: Noel O'Sullivan |
Publisher |
: Andrews UK Limited |
Total Pages |
: 264 |
Release |
: 2017-08-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781845409500 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1845409507 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Place of Michael Oakeshott in Contemporary Western and Non-Western Thought by : Noel O'Sullivan
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.
Author |
: Michael Joseph Oakeshott |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 154 |
Release |
: 1975 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0631159207 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780631159209 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hobbes on Civil Association by : Michael Joseph Oakeshott
Author |
: Aryeh Kosman |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 296 |
Release |
: 2013-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674075023 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674075021 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Activity of Being by : Aryeh Kosman
Understanding “what something is” has long occupied philosophers, and no Western thinker has had more influence on the nature of being than Aristotle. Focusing on a reinterpretation of the concept of energeia as “activity,” Aryeh Kosman reexamines Aristotle’s ontology and some of our most basic assumptions about the great philosopher’s thought.