The Legendary Past : Michael Oakeshott on Imagination and Political Identity.

The Legendary Past : Michael Oakeshott on Imagination and Political Identity.

The book explores Oakeshott's thought on the key role human imagination plays in relation to the political. It addresses four main themes: imagination, foundational narratives, the question of political societies' identities as well as that of human living-together, to use Hannah Arendt�...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Riendeau, Natalie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Luton : Andrews UK, 2014.
Series:British Idealist Studies 1: Oakeshott.
Subjects:
Psychology.
Imagination.
Psychoanalysis.
psychology.
psychoanalysis.
Imagination
Psychoanalysis
Psychology
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:The book explores Oakeshott's thought on the key role human imagination plays in relation to the political. It addresses four main themes: imagination, foundational narratives, the question of political societies' identities as well as that of human living-together, to use Hannah Arendt's expression. The book's main objective is to show that Oakeshott may be rightfully understood to be a philosopher of the imagination as well as a foundationalist thinker in the Arendtian narrative constructi ...
Physical Description:1 online resource (307 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781845407841
1845407849
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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