Experience and Its Modes (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Experience and Its ModesCambridge University Press Library Editions are reissues of out-of print standard works from the Cambridge catalogue. The texts are unrevised and, apart from minor corrections, reproduce latest published edition.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Politics & Social Sciences

Michael Oakeshott

Philosophy

Forgotten Books

The Voice of Liberal Learning: Michael Oakeshott on Education

Literature & Fiction

Timothy Fuller

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

Excerpt from Experience and Its Modes Cambridge University Press Library Editions are reissues of out-of print standard works from the Cambridge catalogue. The texts are unrevised and, apart from minor corrections, reproduce latest published edition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Hobbes on civil association

Blackwell*publishers

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.

Rationalism in Politics and other essays

Liberty Fund

All Hallows, South Cerney

History

Europe

South Cerney Trust

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