Tag: Conservatism

Books

Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays

– Michael Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays. London: Methuen, 1962.
“It is the breadth of Oakeshott’s critique of rationalism, the scope of his skepticism about the role of self-conscious ideals, principles, and purposes in politics, that in… More

The Conservative Imagination: Michael Oakeshott by Gertrude Himmelfarb

– Gertrude Himmelfarb. “The Conservative Imagination: Michael Oakeshott,” American Scholar 44, no. 3 (1975): 405-420.
Excerpt: “Abjuring both political science and political philosophy as these are normally understood, Oakeshott has nevertheless acquired a distinguished body of disciples, and not… More

The Voice of Poetry in the Thought of Michael Oakeshott

– Efraim Podoksik. “The Voice of Poetry in the Thought of Michael Oakeshott,” Journal of the History of Ideas 63, no. 4 (2002): 717-733.
Excerpt: The British philosopher Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990) is mostly known as a political thinker of conservative persuasion, and his general philosophy is usually analyzed only in… More

The Skeptical Idealist: Michael Oakeshott as Critic of the Enlightenment

– Roy Tseng. The Skeptical Idealist: Michael Oakeshott as Critic of the Enlightenment. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2003.
Excerpt: This is the first book-length study to provide a structured interpretation of the significance of Michael Oakeshott’s critique of the Enlightenment. By seeing the thinker as… More

The Limits of Political Theory: Oakeshott’s Philosophy of Civil Association

– Kenneth McIntyre. The Limits of Political Theory: Oakeshott's Philosophy of Civic Association. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2004.
Excerpt: This book examines Oakeshott’s political philosophy within the context of his more general conception of philosophical understanding. The book stresses the underlying continuity… More

The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott edited by Efraim Podoksik

– Podoksik, Efraim, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012
In this volume a broad group of scholars offers a comprehensive overview of Oakeshott’s philosophy, including his moral and political philosophy, his philosophy of history, science… More

Essays

Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays

– Michael Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays. London: Methuen, 1962.
“It is the breadth of Oakeshott’s critique of rationalism, the scope of his skepticism about the role of self-conscious ideals, principles, and purposes in politics, that in… More

The Conservative Imagination: Michael Oakeshott by Gertrude Himmelfarb

– Gertrude Himmelfarb. “The Conservative Imagination: Michael Oakeshott,” American Scholar 44, no. 3 (1975): 405-420.
Excerpt: “Abjuring both political science and political philosophy as these are normally understood, Oakeshott has nevertheless acquired a distinguished body of disciples, and not… More

The Voice of Poetry in the Thought of Michael Oakeshott

– Efraim Podoksik. “The Voice of Poetry in the Thought of Michael Oakeshott,” Journal of the History of Ideas 63, no. 4 (2002): 717-733.
Excerpt: The British philosopher Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990) is mostly known as a political thinker of conservative persuasion, and his general philosophy is usually analyzed only in… More

The Skeptical Idealist: Michael Oakeshott as Critic of the Enlightenment

– Roy Tseng. The Skeptical Idealist: Michael Oakeshott as Critic of the Enlightenment. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2003.
Excerpt: This is the first book-length study to provide a structured interpretation of the significance of Michael Oakeshott’s critique of the Enlightenment. By seeing the thinker as… More

The Limits of Political Theory: Oakeshott’s Philosophy of Civil Association

– Kenneth McIntyre. The Limits of Political Theory: Oakeshott's Philosophy of Civic Association. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2004.
Excerpt: This book examines Oakeshott’s political philosophy within the context of his more general conception of philosophical understanding. The book stresses the underlying continuity… More

The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott edited by Efraim Podoksik

– Podoksik, Efraim, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012
In this volume a broad group of scholars offers a comprehensive overview of Oakeshott’s philosophy, including his moral and political philosophy, his philosophy of history, science… More

Commentary

Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays

– Michael Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays. London: Methuen, 1962.
“It is the breadth of Oakeshott’s critique of rationalism, the scope of his skepticism about the role of self-conscious ideals, principles, and purposes in politics, that in… More

The Conservative Imagination: Michael Oakeshott by Gertrude Himmelfarb

– Gertrude Himmelfarb. “The Conservative Imagination: Michael Oakeshott,” American Scholar 44, no. 3 (1975): 405-420.
Excerpt: “Abjuring both political science and political philosophy as these are normally understood, Oakeshott has nevertheless acquired a distinguished body of disciples, and not… More

The Voice of Poetry in the Thought of Michael Oakeshott

– Efraim Podoksik. “The Voice of Poetry in the Thought of Michael Oakeshott,” Journal of the History of Ideas 63, no. 4 (2002): 717-733.
Excerpt: The British philosopher Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990) is mostly known as a political thinker of conservative persuasion, and his general philosophy is usually analyzed only in… More

The Skeptical Idealist: Michael Oakeshott as Critic of the Enlightenment

– Roy Tseng. The Skeptical Idealist: Michael Oakeshott as Critic of the Enlightenment. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2003.
Excerpt: This is the first book-length study to provide a structured interpretation of the significance of Michael Oakeshott’s critique of the Enlightenment. By seeing the thinker as… More

The Limits of Political Theory: Oakeshott’s Philosophy of Civil Association

– Kenneth McIntyre. The Limits of Political Theory: Oakeshott's Philosophy of Civic Association. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2004.
Excerpt: This book examines Oakeshott’s political philosophy within the context of his more general conception of philosophical understanding. The book stresses the underlying continuity… More

The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott edited by Efraim Podoksik

– Podoksik, Efraim, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012
In this volume a broad group of scholars offers a comprehensive overview of Oakeshott’s philosophy, including his moral and political philosophy, his philosophy of history, science… More

Multimedia

Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays

– Michael Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays. London: Methuen, 1962.
“It is the breadth of Oakeshott’s critique of rationalism, the scope of his skepticism about the role of self-conscious ideals, principles, and purposes in politics, that in… More

The Conservative Imagination: Michael Oakeshott by Gertrude Himmelfarb

– Gertrude Himmelfarb. “The Conservative Imagination: Michael Oakeshott,” American Scholar 44, no. 3 (1975): 405-420.
Excerpt: “Abjuring both political science and political philosophy as these are normally understood, Oakeshott has nevertheless acquired a distinguished body of disciples, and not… More

The Voice of Poetry in the Thought of Michael Oakeshott

– Efraim Podoksik. “The Voice of Poetry in the Thought of Michael Oakeshott,” Journal of the History of Ideas 63, no. 4 (2002): 717-733.
Excerpt: The British philosopher Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990) is mostly known as a political thinker of conservative persuasion, and his general philosophy is usually analyzed only in… More

The Skeptical Idealist: Michael Oakeshott as Critic of the Enlightenment

– Roy Tseng. The Skeptical Idealist: Michael Oakeshott as Critic of the Enlightenment. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2003.
Excerpt: This is the first book-length study to provide a structured interpretation of the significance of Michael Oakeshott’s critique of the Enlightenment. By seeing the thinker as… More

The Limits of Political Theory: Oakeshott’s Philosophy of Civil Association

– Kenneth McIntyre. The Limits of Political Theory: Oakeshott's Philosophy of Civic Association. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2004.
Excerpt: This book examines Oakeshott’s political philosophy within the context of his more general conception of philosophical understanding. The book stresses the underlying continuity… More

The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott edited by Efraim Podoksik

– Podoksik, Efraim, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012
In this volume a broad group of scholars offers a comprehensive overview of Oakeshott’s philosophy, including his moral and political philosophy, his philosophy of history, science… More

Teaching

Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays

– Michael Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays. London: Methuen, 1962.
“It is the breadth of Oakeshott’s critique of rationalism, the scope of his skepticism about the role of self-conscious ideals, principles, and purposes in politics, that in… More

The Conservative Imagination: Michael Oakeshott by Gertrude Himmelfarb

– Gertrude Himmelfarb. “The Conservative Imagination: Michael Oakeshott,” American Scholar 44, no. 3 (1975): 405-420.
Excerpt: “Abjuring both political science and political philosophy as these are normally understood, Oakeshott has nevertheless acquired a distinguished body of disciples, and not… More

The Voice of Poetry in the Thought of Michael Oakeshott

– Efraim Podoksik. “The Voice of Poetry in the Thought of Michael Oakeshott,” Journal of the History of Ideas 63, no. 4 (2002): 717-733.
Excerpt: The British philosopher Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990) is mostly known as a political thinker of conservative persuasion, and his general philosophy is usually analyzed only in… More

The Skeptical Idealist: Michael Oakeshott as Critic of the Enlightenment

– Roy Tseng. The Skeptical Idealist: Michael Oakeshott as Critic of the Enlightenment. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2003.
Excerpt: This is the first book-length study to provide a structured interpretation of the significance of Michael Oakeshott’s critique of the Enlightenment. By seeing the thinker as… More

The Limits of Political Theory: Oakeshott’s Philosophy of Civil Association

– Kenneth McIntyre. The Limits of Political Theory: Oakeshott's Philosophy of Civic Association. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2004.
Excerpt: This book examines Oakeshott’s political philosophy within the context of his more general conception of philosophical understanding. The book stresses the underlying continuity… More

The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott edited by Efraim Podoksik

– Podoksik, Efraim, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012
In this volume a broad group of scholars offers a comprehensive overview of Oakeshott’s philosophy, including his moral and political philosophy, his philosophy of history, science… More