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

By: Corey, Elizabeth Campbell, 1972-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Eric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy: Publisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006Description: xi, 253 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Oakeshott, Michael Joseph, 1901- | Aesthetics | Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century | Political science -- Philosophy | ReligionGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 192 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

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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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.