Michael Oakeshott on religion, aesthetics, and politics

Corey, Elizabeth Campbell, 1972-

Michael Oakeshott on religion, aesthetics, and politics [electronic resource] / Elizabeth Campbell Corey. - Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006. - xi, 253 p. - Eric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy . - Eric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-239) and index.

Introduction -- Oakeshott and Augustine on the human condition -- Future, past, and present -- Oakeshott's religious thought -- Oakeshott's aesthetics -- The Tower of Babel and the moral life -- Rationalism and the politics of faith -- Skeptical politics and civil association -- Rationalism and gnosticism: Oakeshott and Voegelin -- Conclusion.

"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.


Electronic reproduction.
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2013.
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Oakeshott, Michael, 1901-1990.


Aesthetics.
Philosophy, Modern--20th century.
Political science--Philosophy.
Religion.


Electronic books.

B1649.O344 / C67 2006eb

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