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The Poetic Character of Human Activity - Collected Essays on the Thought of Michael Oakeshott (Hardcover)
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The Poetic Character of Human Activity is a collection of essays by
two Oakeshott scholars, most of which explores the meaning of
Oakeshott's pregnant phrase, "the poetic character of human
activity" by comparing and contrasting this idea with similar and
opposing ones, in particular those of the Taoist thinker, Zhuangzi
(Chuang Tzu), and his Western interpreter, A.C. Graham. Oakeshott's
deep appreciation of the poetic and non-instrumental character of
human activity led him to develop an interest in the works of
Zhuangzi and Confucius. Comparison of shared themes between
Oakeshott and these two Chinese thinkers facilitates appreciation
of his elegant analytic style and his resort to use of metaphors
and story-telling when conveying some of his most profound
insights. The collection also contains essays contrasting
Oakeshott's idea of the "creative" in human experience with views
of, among others, Plato, Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin. Oakeshott
used the phrase "the poetic character of human activity" (arguably
the animating center of his entire thought), to refer to the
"creative" character of human experiential reality, that is, to the
fact that the form (the how) and content (the what) of all human
experience and activity arise simultaneously and fluidly, and can
be separated only at the expense of theoretical coherence and
practical skill. The various essays in this collection explore the
meaning of this claim, and its ramifications for the proper role of
critical intellect in especially philosophy, morality, learning,
and governance. There is also some brief contrast of Oakeshott with
John Rawls, Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, and Quentin
Skinner.
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