The correspondence of 1948 between Karl Popper and Michael Oakeshott, translated for the first time in Italian and published in the appendix to this paper, demonstrates the existence of two different ways of thinking about politics: the rationalist approach, founded on the “argumentation” as a rational means for the non-violent solution of problems (Popper), and the traditionalist mode, inspired by the method of “conversation” as a guarantee of constant openness to the diversity of identities (Oakeshott). To rise from the letters is a mutual influence on the interpretation of the key concepts that characterize the thought of the two authors, which however does not cancel the fundamental divergence of their political orientation.
Il carteggio del 1948 tra Karl Popper e Michael Oakeshott, tradotto per la prima volta in italiano e pubblicato in appendice a questo saggio, testimonia l’esistenza di due diversi modi di pensare la politica: quello razionalista, improntato all’“argomentazione” come mezzo razionale per la soluzione non violenta dei problemi (Popper), e quello tradizionalista, ispirato al metodo della “conversazione” come garanzia di apertura alla diversità delle identità (Oakeshott). A risaltare dalle lettere è una mutua influenza circa l’interpretazione dei principali concetti caratterizzanti il pensiero dei due autori che tuttavia non annulla la divergenza di fondo del loro orientamento politico.
Razionalismo e tradizionalismo in politica. Il carteggio fra Karl R. Popper e Michael Oakeshott
PUPO, Spartaco
2016-01-01
Abstract
The correspondence of 1948 between Karl Popper and Michael Oakeshott, translated for the first time in Italian and published in the appendix to this paper, demonstrates the existence of two different ways of thinking about politics: the rationalist approach, founded on the “argumentation” as a rational means for the non-violent solution of problems (Popper), and the traditionalist mode, inspired by the method of “conversation” as a guarantee of constant openness to the diversity of identities (Oakeshott). To rise from the letters is a mutual influence on the interpretation of the key concepts that characterize the thought of the two authors, which however does not cancel the fundamental divergence of their political orientation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.