Michael Oakeshott’s Cold War Liberalism

Author:   T. Nardin
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9781137513267


Pages:   197
Publication Date:   06 May 2015
Format:   Hardback
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In this book, leading scholars from East Asia and beyond debate Michael Oakeshott's views on liberal democracy and totalitarianism and their implications for East Asia today. His ideas on rationality in politics, the nature of liberal democracy, and how democracy can defeat anti-liberal politics are explored in ten penetrating essays.

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Author:   T. Nardin
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.648kg
ISBN:  

9781137513267


ISBN 10:   1137513268
Pages:   197
Publication Date:   06 May 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Contents Contributors Introduction: Michael Oakeshott's Cold War Liberalism; Terry Nardin PART I: OAKESHOTT ON MODERN POLITICS: CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERAL? 1. Michael Oakeshott: Neither Liberal nor Conservative; Terry Nardin 2. Oakeshott, Modernity, and Cold War Liberalism; Edmund Neill 3. Conserving the University as a Place for Liberal Learning; Erika A. Kiss PART II: OAKESHOTT ON TOTALITARIANISM AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY 4. Oakeshott and Totalitarianism; Andrew Gamble 5. Rule of Law or City of Babel: Oakeshott on the Twentieth-Century State; Cheung Chor-yung 6. An Association for Amiable Adventurers: On Oakeshott's Peculiar Constitutionalism; Jan-Werner Müller PART III: OAKESHOTT IN THE EAST ASIAN CONTEXT 7. Oakeshott in China; Zhang Rulun 8. Michael Oakeshott and Confucian Constitutionalism; Kim Sungmoon 9. Some Implications of Oakeshott's Thought for Contemporary Korean Society and Politics; Kim Bi Hwan

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'This judiciously edited collection offers a valuable assessment of Michael Oakeshott's continuing relevance for western and non-western political thought. In addition to essays illuminating the concepts of conservatism, liberalism, constitutionalism and liberal education that Oakeshott developed during the Cold War era, it includes timely explorations of the growing interest in Oakeshott's thought amongst East Asian political theorists. The volume will be welcomed by general readers as well as by Oakeshott scholars.' - Noel O'Sullivan, University of Hull, UK'This volume takes Oakeshott studies in an entirely new direction by considering him as a mid-20th century philosopher addressing (if often obliquely) the Cold War. It also applies Oakeshott's thought to the contemporary problems of East Asia. The authors of the essays are a nice mix of Oakeshott experts and younger, up-and-coming scholars. This important contribution to Oakeshott studies comes at a time when he is increasingly being recognized as an important thinker outside the Anglo-American world, and this book will further that recognition.' - Elizabeth Corey, Baylor University, USA


'This judiciously edited collection offers a valuable assessment of Michael Oakeshott's continuing relevance for western and non-western political thought. In addition to essays illuminating the concepts of conservatism, liberalism, constitutionalism and liberal education that Oakeshott developed during the Cold War era, it includes timely explorations of the growing interest in Oakeshott's thought amongst East Asian political theorists. The volume will be welcomed by general readers as well as by Oakeshott scholars.' - Noel O'Sullivan, University of Hull, UK'This volume takes Oakeshott studies in an entirely new direction by considering him as a mid-20th century philosopher addressing (if often obliquely) the Cold War. It also applies Oakeshott's thought to the contemporary problems of East Asia. The authors of the essays are a nice mix of Oakeshott experts and younger, up-and-coming scholars. This important contribution to Oakeshott studies comes at a time when he is increasingly being recognized as an important thinker outside the Anglo-American world, and this book will further that recognition.' - Elizabeth Corey, Baylor University, USA This judiciously edited collection offers a valuable assessment of Michael Oakeshott's continuing relevance for western and non-western political thought. In addition to essays illuminating the concepts of conservatism, liberalism, constitutionalism and liberal education that Oakeshott developed during the Cold War era, it includes timely explorations of the growing interest in Oakeshott's thought amongst East Asian political theorists. The volume will be welcomed by general readers as well as by Oakeshott scholars. Noel O'Sullivan, University of Hull, UK This volume takes Oakeshott studies in an entirely new direction by considering him as a mid-20th century philosopher addressing (if often obliquely) the Cold War. It also applies Oakeshott's thought to the contemporary problems of East Asia. The authors of the essays are a nice mix of Oakeshott experts and younger, up-and-coming scholars. This important contribution to Oakeshott studies comes at a time when he is increasingly being recognized as an important thinker outside the Anglo-American world, and this book will further that recognition. Elizabeth Corey, Baylor University, USA


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Chor-yung Cheung, City University of Hong Kong Andrew Gamble, Queens' College in the University of Cambridge Bi Hwan Kim, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, and the Korean Society for Political Thought Sungmoon Kim, City University of Hong Kong Erika A. Kiss, University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, USA Jan-Werner Müller, Princeton University, USA Terry Nardin, National University of Singapore Edmund Neill, New College of the Humanities, UK Zhang Rulun, Fudan University, China

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