Historical study of the past: An analysis of Michael Oakeshott's historical thought
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The purpose of this research article is to study Michael Oakeshott’s historical thinking through synthesizing his works from the 1930’s to the 1980’s. The result of this study shows that Oakeshott’s historical writings can be divided into two themes. The first theme is the discussion of the nature of historical knowledge. The second theme is the discussion of the stages of historical enquiry which begins from perceiving the world from mode of historical experience and constructing historical events by way of using concepts including historical sources, historical situations, historical events and historical explanations.
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