On History and Other Essays

by Michael Oakeshott

Book Overview

In five essays, including three on historiography, one of the greatest minds in English political thought in the twentieth century explores themes central to the human experience: the nature of history, the rule of law, and the quest for power that is intrinsic to the human condition. Michael Oakeshott believed, as Timothy Fuller observes, that "the historian's effort to understand the past without ulterior motive is the] effort which distinguishes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865972672
• ISBN13: 9780865972674
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5