奥克肖特论政治的有限性

Michael Oakeshott On the Limits of Politics

奥克肖特是英国当代最著名的政治哲学家之一。他认为,政治上的保守气质重视约束和节制;他意识到政治中的理性主义与政治有限性视角是根本对立的;他对政治持怀疑主义和个人主义的态度。研究奥克肖特从历史传统、理性主义和公民联合体角度理解的政治有限性问题,不仅能够深刻把握奥克肖特思想的发展脉络,而且能够深化探求政治的内涵。

Michael oakeshott is one of the most famous political philosophers in the contemporary Britain.He thinks that the conservative temperament in politics attaches importance to restraint and abstention;he realizes that the view between political rationalism and political limits is radically opposite;he has the attitude of skepticism and individualism.It is not only able to grasp profoundly Oakeshott’s developing skeleton of the thoughts,but also to search deeply the connotation of politics to study the limits of politics in historic tradition,rationalism and civil association.