The question of the rationalism of practice and the practice of rationalism pervades Michael Oakeshott's (1901-1990) works. Authors from various disciplines discuss the significance of this concept of practice in an overview of the basic current political and social issues and show the perspectives this provides for the communication on humane practices in the conflicts of the 21st century.
The question of the rationalism of practice and the practice of rationalism pervades Michael Oakeshott's (1901-1990) works. Authors from various disciplines discuss the significance of this concept of practice in an overview of the basic current political and social issues and show the perspectives this provides for the communication on humane practices in the conflicts of the 21st century.
Table of contents:
Martyn P. Thompson: Michael Oakeshott: Konservativismus und politische Bildung
Vernünftige Praxis im Denken OakeshottsJudith A. Swanson: Prudence and Human Conduct. A Comparison of Aristotle and Oakeshott -
Wendell John Coats, Jr.: Practical Implications of Oakeshott's Poetic Conception of Human Experience -
Josiah Lee Auspitz: Deciding versus Choosing -
Rainer Schmidt: Schildkröten und Heublumen. Michael Oakeshotts Rationalismuskritik im Vergleich mit Hannah Arendt -
Silviya Lechner: Morality and History in Oakeshott's System of Ideas
Oakeshott und die praktische Philosophie in DeutschlandEfraim Podoksik: From Difference to Fragmentation. Oakeshott, Simmel and Worlds of Experience -
Michael Großheim: Das Primat der Praxis und die Grenzen der Theorie. Oakeshott und Heidegger -
Michael Becker: Überlegen - Überzeugen - Überreden. Sprache und Politik bei Oakeshott und Arendt -
Michael Henkel/Oliver W. Lembcke: Oakeshotts unplatonische Moderne und der politische Platonismus bei Voegelin und Strauss -
Kenneth B. McIntyre: Prejudice, Tradition, and the Critique of Ideology. Gadamer and Oakeshott on Practical Reason -
Hans Jörg Hennecke: Konservative Erfahrung und liberale Evolution. Michael Oakeshott und Friedrich August von Hayek
Herausforderungen der Moderne in Oakeshottscher PerspektiveBart van Klink/Oliver W. Lembcke: What Rules the Rule of Law? A Comparison between Michael Oakeshott and Hans Kelsen -
Suvi Soininen: Michael Oakeshott: Freedom, State and Politics -
Steven A. Gerencser: Civis or Gentleman? Personae in the Civil Condition as Liberal Democracy -
Peter Finn: The Challenge of War and Emergency to Nomocracy in Michael Oakeshott's Political Thought -
Jürgen Gebhardt: Politische Philosophie im »Zeitalter der Extreme«
