Books
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
Oakeshott’s Hobbesian Myth: Pride, Character and the Limits of Reason
– B.P. Frohnen. “Oakeshott's Hobbesian Myth: Pride, Character and the Limits of Reasons,” The Western Political Quarterly 43, (1990): 789-809.Excerpt: Taking philosophical skepticism to its limit, Michael Oakeshott questions both the coherence of noncontextual thought and the primary role of reason itself in making sense of the… More
The Skeptic’s Oakeshott
– Steven Anthony Gerencser. The Skeptic's Oakeshott. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2000.Excerpt: The Skeptic’s Oakeshott poses the thesis that Michael Oakeshott’s political philosophy is best understood from the vantage point of his skepticism and his intellectual affinity… 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
Essays
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
Oakeshott’s Hobbesian Myth: Pride, Character and the Limits of Reason
– B.P. Frohnen. “Oakeshott's Hobbesian Myth: Pride, Character and the Limits of Reasons,” The Western Political Quarterly 43, (1990): 789-809.Excerpt: Taking philosophical skepticism to its limit, Michael Oakeshott questions both the coherence of noncontextual thought and the primary role of reason itself in making sense of the… More
The Skeptic’s Oakeshott
– Steven Anthony Gerencser. The Skeptic's Oakeshott. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2000.Excerpt: The Skeptic’s Oakeshott poses the thesis that Michael Oakeshott’s political philosophy is best understood from the vantage point of his skepticism and his intellectual affinity… 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
Commentary
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
Oakeshott’s Hobbesian Myth: Pride, Character and the Limits of Reason
– B.P. Frohnen. “Oakeshott's Hobbesian Myth: Pride, Character and the Limits of Reasons,” The Western Political Quarterly 43, (1990): 789-809.Excerpt: Taking philosophical skepticism to its limit, Michael Oakeshott questions both the coherence of noncontextual thought and the primary role of reason itself in making sense of the… More
The Skeptic’s Oakeshott
– Steven Anthony Gerencser. The Skeptic's Oakeshott. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2000.Excerpt: The Skeptic’s Oakeshott poses the thesis that Michael Oakeshott’s political philosophy is best understood from the vantage point of his skepticism and his intellectual affinity… 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
Multimedia
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
Oakeshott’s Hobbesian Myth: Pride, Character and the Limits of Reason
– B.P. Frohnen. “Oakeshott's Hobbesian Myth: Pride, Character and the Limits of Reasons,” The Western Political Quarterly 43, (1990): 789-809.Excerpt: Taking philosophical skepticism to its limit, Michael Oakeshott questions both the coherence of noncontextual thought and the primary role of reason itself in making sense of the… More
The Skeptic’s Oakeshott
– Steven Anthony Gerencser. The Skeptic's Oakeshott. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2000.Excerpt: The Skeptic’s Oakeshott poses the thesis that Michael Oakeshott’s political philosophy is best understood from the vantage point of his skepticism and his intellectual affinity… 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
Teaching
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
Oakeshott’s Hobbesian Myth: Pride, Character and the Limits of Reason
– B.P. Frohnen. “Oakeshott's Hobbesian Myth: Pride, Character and the Limits of Reasons,” The Western Political Quarterly 43, (1990): 789-809.Excerpt: Taking philosophical skepticism to its limit, Michael Oakeshott questions both the coherence of noncontextual thought and the primary role of reason itself in making sense of the… More
The Skeptic’s Oakeshott
– Steven Anthony Gerencser. The Skeptic's Oakeshott. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2000.Excerpt: The Skeptic’s Oakeshott poses the thesis that Michael Oakeshott’s political philosophy is best understood from the vantage point of his skepticism and his intellectual affinity… 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