Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays - Brossura

Oakeshott, Michael

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ISBN 10: 0865970955 ISBN 13: 9780865970953

Casa editrice: Liberty Fund, 1991

Riassunto

Rationalism in Politics, first published in 1962, has established the late Michael Oakeshott as the leading conservative political theorist in modern Britain. This expanded collection of essays astutely points out the limits of "reason" in rationalist politics.

Oakeshott criticizes ideological schemes to reform society according to supposedly "scientific" or rationalistic principles that ignore the wealth and variety of human experience. "Rationalism in politics," says Oakeshott, "involves a misconception with regard to the nature of human knowledge." History has shown that it produces unexpected, often disastrous results. "Having cut himself off from the traditional knowledge of his society, and denied the value of any education more extensive than a training in a technique of analysis," the Rationalist succeeds only in undermining the institutions that hold civilized society together. In this regard, rationalism in politics is "a corruption of the mind."

Timothy Fuller is Professor of Political Science and Dean of the College at Colorado College.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Liberty Fund
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0865970955
• ISBN 13: 9780865970953
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 556