The Poetic Character Of Human Activity
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The Poetic Character Of Human Activity
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Author : Wendell John Coats
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2012
The Poetic Character Of Human Activity written by Wendell John Coats and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Philosophy categories.
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.
The Poetic Character Of Human Activity
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Author : Wendell John Coats
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2012-07-21
The Poetic Character Of Human Activity written by Wendell John Coats and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-21 with Philosophy categories.
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.
Political Theory And Practice
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Author : Wendell John Coats
language : en
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
Release Date : 2003
Political Theory And Practice written by Wendell John Coats and has been published by Susquehanna University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Philosophy categories.
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.
The Intellectual Legacy Of Michael Oakeshott
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Author : Corey Abel
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2017-02-09
The Intellectual Legacy Of Michael Oakeshott written by Corey Abel and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-09 with Philosophy categories.
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
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Author : Wendell John Coats
language : en
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
Release Date : 2000
Oakeshott And His Contemporaries written by Wendell John Coats and has been published by Susquehanna University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Philosophy categories.
"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
The Legendary Past
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Author : Natalie Riendeau
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2014-12-10
The Legendary Past written by Natalie Riendeau and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-10 with Philosophy categories.
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
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Author : Noel O'Sullivan
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2017-08-01
The Place Of Michael Oakeshott In Contemporary Western And Non Western Thought written by Noel O'Sullivan and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-01 with Philosophy categories.
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
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Author : Wendell John Coats Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2021-06-22
Michael Oakeshott As A Philosopher Of The Creative written by Wendell John Coats Jr. and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-22 with Philosophy categories.
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).
Michael Oakeshott On Religion Aesthetics And Politics
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Author : Elizabeth Campbell Corey
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2006
Michael Oakeshott On Religion Aesthetics And Politics written by Elizabeth Campbell Corey and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Philosophy categories.
"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
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Author : Michael Minch
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2015-10-15
The Democratic Theory Of Michael Oakeshott written by Michael Minch and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-15 with Philosophy categories.
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.