"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."Timothy Fuller is Professor of Political
Science and Dean of the College at Colorado College.
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