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- Title
- Michael Oakeshott on Hobbes : a study in the renewal of philosophical ideas
- Related
- British idealist studies. Series 1 : Oakeshott
- Publisher
- Exeter, UK ; Charlottesville, VA : Imprint Academic
- Date
- 2003
- Author/Creator
- Tregenza, Ian
- Description
- This book presents and interpretation of Michael Oakeshott's philosophy by paying close attention to his reading of Hobbes. It offers and account of Oakeshott's political theory and examines the way in which it changes and develops - from a broadly Hegelian to a recognisably, if idiosyncratics, Hobbesian character.
- Description
- Introduction -- 1. Philosophy, History, and the Theory of Politics. 2. Will, Agency, Individuality. 3. Authority, Freedom, and Civil Association. 4. Religion, the World, and Human Conduct. 5. Science, Myth, and Civilization. -- Conclusion.
- Subject Keyword
- Oakeshott, Hobbes, politics, philosophy, freedom, the individual, authority, the state, law, rationalism
- Subject Keyword
- Oakeshott, Michael, 1901-1990
- Subject Keyword
- Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679
- Subject Keyword
- Political science--Philosophy
- Resource Type
- book
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Politics and International Relations
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/34931
- Identifier
- ISBN:0907845592
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2006009060
- Language
- eng
