This volume collects, for the first time in Italian, the memorable "Lectures" given by Michael Oakeshott when he was professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science, in the academic year 1966-67, shortly before his retirement. There are thirty-one lessons on the history of European political thought, from ancient to modern peoples, who thought, imagined and “made” politics in different ways and contexts. In open challenge to all-encompassing definitions and "stories" as progressive narratives of abstract ideas detached from experience, language and action, Oakeshott looks at the history of political thought as a structuring of ideas and arguments typical of political experience practice, aimed at understanding the political expressions most in vogue in the culture of each people.
Questo volume raccoglie, per la prima volta in italiano, le memorabili "Lectures" tenute da Michael Oakeshott quand’era professore di Scienza politica alla London School of Economics and Political Science, nell’anno accademico 1966-67, poco prima del suo ritiro. Si tratta di trentuno lezioni sulla storia del pensiero politico europeo, dai popoli antichi a quelli moderni, che hanno pensato, immaginato e “fatto” la politica in modi e contesti differenti. In aperta sfida alle definizioni totalizzanti e alle “storie” come narrazioni progressive di idee astratte e sganciate dall’esperienza, dal linguaggio e dall'agire concreto, Oakeshott guarda alla storia del pensiero politico come a una strutturazione di idee e argomentazioni proprie dell’esperienza politica pratica, volta alla comprensione delle espressioni politiche maggiormente in voga nella cultura di ciascun popolo.
Michael Oakeshott, "Lezioni di storia del pensiero politico", a cura di Spartaco Pupo
Pupo Spartaco
2022-01-01
Abstract
This volume collects, for the first time in Italian, the memorable "Lectures" given by Michael Oakeshott when he was professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science, in the academic year 1966-67, shortly before his retirement. There are thirty-one lessons on the history of European political thought, from ancient to modern peoples, who thought, imagined and “made” politics in different ways and contexts. In open challenge to all-encompassing definitions and "stories" as progressive narratives of abstract ideas detached from experience, language and action, Oakeshott looks at the history of political thought as a structuring of ideas and arguments typical of political experience practice, aimed at understanding the political expressions most in vogue in the culture of each people.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.