Rationalism in Politics
by Oakeshott, Michael
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0465068332
- ISBN 13
- 9780465068333
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E-099: Basic Books. Very Good. 1962. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Basic Books, New York. 1962. 333 pages. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ has a rear chip present to the bottom edge of the rear panel). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. 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." EB .
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- Last Exit Books (US)
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- 62427
- Title
- Rationalism in Politics
- Author
- Oakeshott, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0465068332
- ISBN 13
- 9780465068333
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- E-099
- Date Published
- 1962
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