Oakeshott’s Critique Of Political Rationalism And Its Gain And Loss

Oakeshott, known for his critique of rationalism in politics,is one of the most import ant political philosophers of the twentieth Century. Oakeshott believed that rationalism ha d a great impact on the political life in modem times, and brought a series of danger to the the political world, so he took a critical attitude to the rationalism Jn order to search for certainty,Oakeshott thought that political rationalism doubt existing political system and political thought, Rat ionalist politics believe any authoritybutrationalism, and try to overthrow the existing political authority of reason. At the same time, he believes that political rationalism is no experien ce of the traditionalpolitics, ignore the importance of traditional experience. Political ratio nalism in pursuit of perfect type of politics that reach the acme of perfection, there must b e the political form, InOakeshottopinion, this will only bring politics to astray, to make it into the dogmatic politics. Oakeshott thought that knowledge consists of technical knowledge and practicalknowledge,he believes that because people pursue technical knowledge too much and ignore the practical knowledge, leading to technical hegemony. Oakeshott believes that the pol itical world shall be based on the practice of knowledge as the starting point, seek the traditional experience in political practice implications, In order to more in-depth underst anding of Oakeshott’s thought, this paper starts from Oakeshott’s political philosophy bac kground, focuses on the analysis of Oakeshott on political rationalism criticism place, als o analyze Oakeshott political thoughts, theemphasis should be on Marx’s dialectical treat the political rationalism.