The democratic theory of Michael Oakeshott : discourse, contingency, and the politics of conversation / Michael Minch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Minch, Michael.

Series:

British idealist studies. Oakeshott ; Series 1, 11.

Oakeshott studies ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oakeshott, Michael, 1901-1990--Political and social views.

Oakeshott, Michael.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

United Kingdom : Andrews UK, 2012, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

his book offers a description, explanation, and evaluation of Michael Oakeshott's democratic theory. He was not a democratic theorist as such, but as a twentieth-century English political theorist for whom liberal theory held deep importance, his thought often engaged democratic theory implicitly, and many times did so explicitly. The author's project penetrates two renewals. The first is the revitalization of interest in Oakeshott, and the second is the renewal of democratic theory which be...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Body Matter; 1: Introduction; 2: Before On Human Conduct; 3: On Human Conduct; 4: Deliberative Democratic Theory; 5: Oakeshott's Discursive Democratic Theory; Back Matter; Selected Bibliography; Also Available

Notes:

"Digital version converted and published in 2012 by Andrews UK Limited"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-68965-0

1-84540-389-4

OCLC:

784885959