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  • Michael Oakeshott and Liberalism Revisited

    Edited by Eric S. Kos ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book assesses the significance of Michael Oakeshott’s political philosophy and his relationship to liberalism, both in theory and in practice. The essays coverage a range of different topics, including  Oakeshott in relation to other thinkers like Hobbes, Strauss, Houellebecq, Berlin, and Aristotle; Oakeshott’s thought in the context of countries like China and Poland; Oakeshott’s thought on ... Read more

    $153.69 CAD

  • Oakeshott’s Skepticism, Politics, and Aesthetics

    Edited by Eric S. Kos ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This collection engages the work of Michael Oakeshott predominantly on the themes of his skepticism, politics, and aesthetics. An international set of authors engages and expands the analysis of Oakeshott’s writings in often neglected areas and topics and in ways that brings Oakeshott into conversation with a surprisingly diverse set of thinkers. ... Read more

    $140.89 CAD

  • Michael Oakeshott on Authority, Governance, and the State

    Edited by Eric S. Kos ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Michael Oakeshott on Authority, Governance, and the State presents contributions on one of the most important British philosophers of the 20th century. These essays address unique and under-analyzed areas in the literature on Oakeshott: authority, governance, and the state. They draw on some of the earliest and least-explored works of Oakeshott, including his lectures at Cambridge and the London ... Read more

    $140.89 CAD

  • Michael Oakeshott, the Ancient Greeks, and the Philosophical Study of Politics

    by Eric Steven Kos ...
    Series Book 14 - British Idealist Studies 1: Oakeshott
    This book addresses a question fundamental for Oakeshott throughout his life, which is what we are doing when we read and discuss some memorable work in the history of political thought. The approach the book takes to Oakeshott’s response to this question is of particular interest in that it explores in detail extensive notes he made on the beginnings of political philosophy in ancient Greece in ... Read more

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  • A Short History of Ethics

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    A Short History of Ethics has over the past thirty years become a key philosophical contribution to studies on morality and ethics. Alasdair MacIntyre writes a new preface for this second edition which looks at the book 'thirty years on' and considers its impact. A Short History of Ethics guides the reader through the history of moral philosophy from the Greeks to contemporary times. MacIntyre ... Read more

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