The Legendary Past : Michael Oakeshott on Imagination and Political Identity.
The book explores Oakeshott's thought on the key role human imagination plays in relation to the political. It addresses four main themes: imagination, foundational narratives, the question of political societies' identities as well as that of human living-together, to use Hannah Arendt...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Luton :
Andrews UK,
2014.
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Colección: | British Idealist Studies 1: Oakeshott.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The book explores Oakeshott's thought on the key role human imagination plays in relation to the political. It addresses four main themes: imagination, foundational narratives, the question of political societies' identities as well as that of human living-together, to use Hannah Arendt's expression. The book's main objective is to show that Oakeshott may be rightfully understood to be a philosopher of the imagination as well as a foundationalist thinker in the Arendtian narrative constructi ... |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (307 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9781845407841 1845407849 |