The Poetic Character of Human Activity: Collected Essays on the Thought of Michael Oakeshott - Couverture rigide

Coats Jr., Wendell John; Cheung, Chor-yung

 
9780739171615: The Poetic Character of Human Activity: Collected Essays on the Thought of Michael Oakeshott
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ISBN 10 : 0739171615 ISBN 13 : 9780739171615
Editeur : Lexington Books, 2012

Synopsis

The Poetic Character of Human Activity is a collection of essays by two Oakeshott scholars, most of which explores the meaning of Oakeshott's pregnant phrase, "the poetic character of human activity" by comparing and contrasting this idea with similar and opposing ones, in particular those of the Taoist thinker, Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), and his Western interpreter, A.C. Graham. Oakeshott's deep appreciation of the poetic and non-instrumental character of human activity led him to develop an interest in the works of Zhuangzi and Confucius. Comparison of shared themes between Oakeshott and these two Chinese thinkers facilitates appreciation of his elegant analytic style and his resort to use of metaphors and story-telling when conveying some of his most profound insights. The collection also contains essays contrasting Oakeshott's idea of the "creative" in human experience with views of, among others, Plato, Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin.

Oakeshott used the phrase "the poetic character of human activity" (arguably the animating center of his entire thought), to refer to the "creative" character of human experiential reality, that is, to the fact that the form (the how) and content (the what) of all human experience and activity arise simultaneously and fluidly, and can be separated only at the expense of theoretical coherence and practical skill. The various essays in this collection explore the meaning of this claim, and its ramifications for the proper role of critical intellect in especially philosophy, morality, learning, and governance. There is also some brief contrast of Oakeshott with John Rawls, Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, and Quentin Skinner.

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À propos des auteurs

Wendell John Coats Jr. is Professor of Government at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut.

Chor-yung Cheung is the Dean of Students of City University of Hong Kong, and specializes in political theory and Hong Kong politics.

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Éditeur
Lexington Books
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0739171615
ISBN 13 
9780739171615
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
150
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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