History, tradition and politics

Michael Oakeshott

pp. 111-131

in: Nathan Rotenstreich, Philosophy, history and politics, Berlin, Springer, 1976

Abstract

In the previous pages the connection between politics and history has been brought into relief from different points of view. The difference corresponds to the difference in focus which characterizes the respective system explored. The very term "history" — as we have seen — is used to denote a variety of meanings. In the course of Collingwood's development, the term was made to carry several different connotations; in Isaiah Berlin the term denotes the process in time and its rhythm.