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Griffith, Guy

A Guide to the Classics

Griffith, Guy - A Guide to the Classics, e-bok

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Originally written in 1936 by two young Cambridge Fellows, A Guide to the Classics is a light-hearted manual on how to pick the Derby winner. However, as the tongue-in-cheek title suggested, there is more to the book than meets the eye, especially as one of the young dons went on to become, according to his 1990 Telegraph obituary, 'the greatest political philosopher in the Anglo-Saxon tradition since Mill - or even Burke'.
The book takes the abstraction out of the Derby by attacking the systems which had been developed by generations of 'form' experts. It exposes theoretical solutions as fraudulent – instead it applies hard-headed empirical and historical analysis. Oakeshott went on to apply this methodology to his famous critique of 'rationalism' in politics.
This long-awaited edition of Griffith and Oakeshott's classic text includes a new preface and foreword by horse racing journalist and author Sean Magee, and political commentator Peter Oborne.

Nyckelord: Derby, horseracing, Classics, form, betting, horse racing, politics, rationalism, Epsom, breeding, gambling, systems, philosophy

Författare
Utgivare
Andrews UK
Utgivningsår
2017
Språk
en
Utgåva
1
Sidantal
109 sidor
Kategori
Sport, motion
Format
E-bok
eISBN (ePUB)
9781845409456
Tryckt ISBN
9781845409371

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