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Michael Oakeshott on religion, aesthetics, and politics Elizabeth Campbell Corey. electronic resource

By: Corey, Elizabeth Campbell | ebrary, IncMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Eric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophyPublication details: Columbia University of Missouri Press c2006Description: xi, 253 p. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Philosophy, Modern - 20th century | Political science - Philosophy | Aesthetics | Oakeshott, Michael Joseph, 1901- | ReligionDDC classification: 192 Online access: Open e-book (Ruskin students only)
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-239) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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.

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