Michael Oakeshott on religion, aesthetics, and politics
"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
1 online resource (xi, 253 pages)
9780826265173, 9780826216403, 0826265170, 0826216404
191935390
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
English
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