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The Voice of Judaism in the Conversation of Mankind: Thoughts on Michael Oakeshott
Publication Date: March 2007
Publisher(s): Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Author(s): Alan Mittleman
Series: Jewish Political Studies Review, 19:1-2, Spring 2007.
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Culture and religion (Intellectual life)
Keywords: Ethics; Values; Literature; Theory
Type: Other
Abstract:
The author outlines areas of harmony, dissonance, contrast and useful inquiry between traditional Jewish religious and political thought and the work of British social and political theorist Michael Oakeshott (1901 - 1990). Topics covered include the role of tradition in society, pluralism, religion, conduct, morality, political and civil association, and Zionism.