TY - JOUR
AU - Beck, Peter
AB -  model of history would be possible, or even (as Tseng claims) useful theoretically. Finally, although it is a major strength of Tseng's book that he is anxious to make comparisons with other philosophers, Tseng is considerably better at identifying similarities than differences. In particular, he is anxious to establish that Oakeshott can be fruitfully compared with Aristotle, even claiming that Oakeshott's ethical and political writings espouse something similar to Aristotelian phronesis, or `practical wisdom'. While it is certainly true that Oakeshott's position is closer to Aristotle than it is to either Kant or the utilitarians, there are nevertheless important differences. In the first place, Oakeshott advocates a highly formalist method of theorising about concepts such as `deliberation' and `persuasion' in On Human Conduct that would be incomprehensible to Aristotle, since for the latter one can only define such concepts by identifying how one does them well. And in the second place, Oakeshott is so sceptical about our ability to know the thoughts and desires of others that anything approaching full-blooded phronesis is ruled out, since the latter depends not only on an agent learning from experience but also entering into a genuinely dialogic relationship with others. In short, 
TI - The British Political Elite and the Soviet Union, 1937–1939
JO - The English Historical Review
DO - 10.1093/ehr/119.483.1012
DA - 2004-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-british-political-elite-and-the-soviet-union-1937-1939-h0W9mDwtih
SP - 1012
EP - 1014
VL - 119
IS - 483
DP - DeepDyve
ER -