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
Politics and Experience: Essays Presented to Professor Michael Oakeshott on the Occasion of His Retirement
– Preston King and B.C. Parekh. Politics and Experience: Essays Presented to Professor Michael Oakeshott on the Occasion of his Retirement. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968.This volume was compiled in 1968 to honour the retirement of the eminent political philosopher Professor Michael Oakeshott. Professor Oakeshott, widely regarded as one of the most important… 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
Michael Oakeshott as Liberal Theorist
– W.J. Coats. “ Michael Oakeshott as Liberal Theorist,” Canadian Journal of Political Science 18, no. 4 (1985): 773-787.Excerpt: This article cautions against facilely casting Oakeshott’s thought in the mold of either Kantian liberalism for its account of civil association as purely formal association… 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 Politics of Faith and the Politics of Skepticism
– Michael Oakeshott, The Politics of Faith and the Politics of Skepticism. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996.“In this polished and hitherto unknown work, Oakeshott argues that modern politics was constituted out of a debate, persistent through centuries of European political experience down… More
Oakeshott and His Contemporaries
– W.J. Coats. Oakeshott and His Contemporaries. Selinsgrove: Susquehanna University Press, 2000.Excerpt: Oakeshott and His Contemporaries is an exploration of the ideas of one of the most important twentieth-century, English, political philosophers vis-a-vis related ideas in the… More
Michael Oakeshott on European Political History
– Luke O'Sullivan. “Michael Oakeshott on European Political History,” History of Political Thought 21, no. 1 (1975): 132-151.Excerpt: This article examines Michael Oakeshott’s views on European political history, based on the essays, reviews, lectures and unpublished works which he produced through out his… 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 Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott
– Terry Nardin. The Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001.Excerpt: This is the first comprehensive study of Michael Oakeshott as a philosopher rather than a political theorist, which is how most commentators have regarded him. Indeed, the careful… More
Michael Oakeshott, Philosopher: A Commemoration of the Centenary of Oakeshott’s Birth
– Leslie Marsh. Michael Oakeshott, Philosopher: A Commemoration of the Centenary of Oakeshott's Birth. London: Michael Oakeshott Association, 2001.Excerpt: Oakeshott occupies an unusual place within the 20th century philosophy: his reputation made as a political philosopher is as misunderstood within political circles, as his… More
Oakeshott on History
– Luke O'Sullivan. Oakeshott on History. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2003.Excerpt: This book challenges the common view that Michael Oakeshott was mainly important as a political philosopher by offering the first comprehensive study of his ideas on history. It… More
Michael Oakeshott on Hobbes: A Study in the Renewal of Philosophical Ideas
– Ian Tregenza. Michael Oakeshott on Hobbes: A Study in the Renewal of Philosophical Ideas. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2003.Excerpt: Michael Oakeshott is widely recognized to be one of the most original political philosophers of the twentieth century. He also developed a very influential interpretation of the… 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
Michael Oakeshott: An Introduction
– Paul Franco. Michael Oakeshott: An Introduction. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004.In this book Paul Franco provides an authoritative introduction to the life and thought of Michael Oakeshott, one of the most important philosophical voices of the twentieth century. After… More
The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott
– Timothy Fuller. The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2005.This volume brings together a diverse range of perspectives reflecting the international appeal and multi-disciplinary interest that Oakeshott now attracts. The essays offer a variety of… More
The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott edited by Efraim Podoksik
– Podoksik, Efraim, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012In 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
Oakeshott on Rome and America
– Gene Callahan. Oakeshott on Rome and America. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2013.Excerpt: The political systems of the Roman Republic were based almost entirely on tradition, “the way of the ancestors”, rather than on a written constitution. While the founders of… More
Oakeshott’s Concept of Ideology
– David Corey. “Oakeshott's Concept of Ideology,” Journal of Political Ideologies 19, no. 3 (2014): 261-282.Excerpt: Michael Oakeshott’s critique of ‘political rationalism’ is often regarded as a unique contribution to the study of 20th-century ‘ideologies.’ But, in fact, Oakeshott… More
Rationalism and the Rule of Law: Michael Oakeshott and the American Constitutional Order
– Corey, Elizabeth. "Rationalism and the Rule of Law: Michael Oakeshott and the American Constitutional Order." American Political Thought 4, no. 4 (2015): 632-52.Abstract: Many commentators have mentioned the fact that Michael Oakeshott describes the American founding as a “Rationalist” project. But there has been little careful… 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
Politics and Experience: Essays Presented to Professor Michael Oakeshott on the Occasion of His Retirement
– Preston King and B.C. Parekh. Politics and Experience: Essays Presented to Professor Michael Oakeshott on the Occasion of his Retirement. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968.This volume was compiled in 1968 to honour the retirement of the eminent political philosopher Professor Michael Oakeshott. Professor Oakeshott, widely regarded as one of the most important… 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
Michael Oakeshott as Liberal Theorist
– W.J. Coats. “ Michael Oakeshott as Liberal Theorist,” Canadian Journal of Political Science 18, no. 4 (1985): 773-787.Excerpt: This article cautions against facilely casting Oakeshott’s thought in the mold of either Kantian liberalism for its account of civil association as purely formal association… 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 Politics of Faith and the Politics of Skepticism
– Michael Oakeshott, The Politics of Faith and the Politics of Skepticism. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996.“In this polished and hitherto unknown work, Oakeshott argues that modern politics was constituted out of a debate, persistent through centuries of European political experience down… More
Oakeshott and His Contemporaries
– W.J. Coats. Oakeshott and His Contemporaries. Selinsgrove: Susquehanna University Press, 2000.Excerpt: Oakeshott and His Contemporaries is an exploration of the ideas of one of the most important twentieth-century, English, political philosophers vis-a-vis related ideas in the… More
Michael Oakeshott on European Political History
– Luke O'Sullivan. “Michael Oakeshott on European Political History,” History of Political Thought 21, no. 1 (1975): 132-151.Excerpt: This article examines Michael Oakeshott’s views on European political history, based on the essays, reviews, lectures and unpublished works which he produced through out his… 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 Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott
– Terry Nardin. The Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001.Excerpt: This is the first comprehensive study of Michael Oakeshott as a philosopher rather than a political theorist, which is how most commentators have regarded him. Indeed, the careful… More
Michael Oakeshott, Philosopher: A Commemoration of the Centenary of Oakeshott’s Birth
– Leslie Marsh. Michael Oakeshott, Philosopher: A Commemoration of the Centenary of Oakeshott's Birth. London: Michael Oakeshott Association, 2001.Excerpt: Oakeshott occupies an unusual place within the 20th century philosophy: his reputation made as a political philosopher is as misunderstood within political circles, as his… More
Oakeshott on History
– Luke O'Sullivan. Oakeshott on History. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2003.Excerpt: This book challenges the common view that Michael Oakeshott was mainly important as a political philosopher by offering the first comprehensive study of his ideas on history. It… More
Michael Oakeshott on Hobbes: A Study in the Renewal of Philosophical Ideas
– Ian Tregenza. Michael Oakeshott on Hobbes: A Study in the Renewal of Philosophical Ideas. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2003.Excerpt: Michael Oakeshott is widely recognized to be one of the most original political philosophers of the twentieth century. He also developed a very influential interpretation of the… 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
Michael Oakeshott: An Introduction
– Paul Franco. Michael Oakeshott: An Introduction. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004.In this book Paul Franco provides an authoritative introduction to the life and thought of Michael Oakeshott, one of the most important philosophical voices of the twentieth century. After… More
The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott
– Timothy Fuller. The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2005.This volume brings together a diverse range of perspectives reflecting the international appeal and multi-disciplinary interest that Oakeshott now attracts. The essays offer a variety of… More
The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott edited by Efraim Podoksik
– Podoksik, Efraim, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012In 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
Oakeshott on Rome and America
– Gene Callahan. Oakeshott on Rome and America. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2013.Excerpt: The political systems of the Roman Republic were based almost entirely on tradition, “the way of the ancestors”, rather than on a written constitution. While the founders of… More
Oakeshott’s Concept of Ideology
– David Corey. “Oakeshott's Concept of Ideology,” Journal of Political Ideologies 19, no. 3 (2014): 261-282.Excerpt: Michael Oakeshott’s critique of ‘political rationalism’ is often regarded as a unique contribution to the study of 20th-century ‘ideologies.’ But, in fact, Oakeshott… More
Rationalism and the Rule of Law: Michael Oakeshott and the American Constitutional Order
– Corey, Elizabeth. "Rationalism and the Rule of Law: Michael Oakeshott and the American Constitutional Order." American Political Thought 4, no. 4 (2015): 632-52.Abstract: Many commentators have mentioned the fact that Michael Oakeshott describes the American founding as a “Rationalist” project. But there has been little careful… 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
Politics and Experience: Essays Presented to Professor Michael Oakeshott on the Occasion of His Retirement
– Preston King and B.C. Parekh. Politics and Experience: Essays Presented to Professor Michael Oakeshott on the Occasion of his Retirement. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968.This volume was compiled in 1968 to honour the retirement of the eminent political philosopher Professor Michael Oakeshott. Professor Oakeshott, widely regarded as one of the most important… 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
Michael Oakeshott as Liberal Theorist
– W.J. Coats. “ Michael Oakeshott as Liberal Theorist,” Canadian Journal of Political Science 18, no. 4 (1985): 773-787.Excerpt: This article cautions against facilely casting Oakeshott’s thought in the mold of either Kantian liberalism for its account of civil association as purely formal association… 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 Politics of Faith and the Politics of Skepticism
– Michael Oakeshott, The Politics of Faith and the Politics of Skepticism. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996.“In this polished and hitherto unknown work, Oakeshott argues that modern politics was constituted out of a debate, persistent through centuries of European political experience down… More
Oakeshott and His Contemporaries
– W.J. Coats. Oakeshott and His Contemporaries. Selinsgrove: Susquehanna University Press, 2000.Excerpt: Oakeshott and His Contemporaries is an exploration of the ideas of one of the most important twentieth-century, English, political philosophers vis-a-vis related ideas in the… More
Michael Oakeshott on European Political History
– Luke O'Sullivan. “Michael Oakeshott on European Political History,” History of Political Thought 21, no. 1 (1975): 132-151.Excerpt: This article examines Michael Oakeshott’s views on European political history, based on the essays, reviews, lectures and unpublished works which he produced through out his… 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 Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott
– Terry Nardin. The Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001.Excerpt: This is the first comprehensive study of Michael Oakeshott as a philosopher rather than a political theorist, which is how most commentators have regarded him. Indeed, the careful… More
Michael Oakeshott, Philosopher: A Commemoration of the Centenary of Oakeshott’s Birth
– Leslie Marsh. Michael Oakeshott, Philosopher: A Commemoration of the Centenary of Oakeshott's Birth. London: Michael Oakeshott Association, 2001.Excerpt: Oakeshott occupies an unusual place within the 20th century philosophy: his reputation made as a political philosopher is as misunderstood within political circles, as his… More
Oakeshott on History
– Luke O'Sullivan. Oakeshott on History. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2003.Excerpt: This book challenges the common view that Michael Oakeshott was mainly important as a political philosopher by offering the first comprehensive study of his ideas on history. It… More
Michael Oakeshott on Hobbes: A Study in the Renewal of Philosophical Ideas
– Ian Tregenza. Michael Oakeshott on Hobbes: A Study in the Renewal of Philosophical Ideas. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2003.Excerpt: Michael Oakeshott is widely recognized to be one of the most original political philosophers of the twentieth century. He also developed a very influential interpretation of the… 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
Michael Oakeshott: An Introduction
– Paul Franco. Michael Oakeshott: An Introduction. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004.In this book Paul Franco provides an authoritative introduction to the life and thought of Michael Oakeshott, one of the most important philosophical voices of the twentieth century. After… More
The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott
– Timothy Fuller. The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2005.This volume brings together a diverse range of perspectives reflecting the international appeal and multi-disciplinary interest that Oakeshott now attracts. The essays offer a variety of… More
The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott edited by Efraim Podoksik
– Podoksik, Efraim, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012In 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
Oakeshott on Rome and America
– Gene Callahan. Oakeshott on Rome and America. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2013.Excerpt: The political systems of the Roman Republic were based almost entirely on tradition, “the way of the ancestors”, rather than on a written constitution. While the founders of… More
Oakeshott’s Concept of Ideology
– David Corey. “Oakeshott's Concept of Ideology,” Journal of Political Ideologies 19, no. 3 (2014): 261-282.Excerpt: Michael Oakeshott’s critique of ‘political rationalism’ is often regarded as a unique contribution to the study of 20th-century ‘ideologies.’ But, in fact, Oakeshott… More
Rationalism and the Rule of Law: Michael Oakeshott and the American Constitutional Order
– Corey, Elizabeth. "Rationalism and the Rule of Law: Michael Oakeshott and the American Constitutional Order." American Political Thought 4, no. 4 (2015): 632-52.Abstract: Many commentators have mentioned the fact that Michael Oakeshott describes the American founding as a “Rationalist” project. But there has been little careful… 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
Politics and Experience: Essays Presented to Professor Michael Oakeshott on the Occasion of His Retirement
– Preston King and B.C. Parekh. Politics and Experience: Essays Presented to Professor Michael Oakeshott on the Occasion of his Retirement. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968.This volume was compiled in 1968 to honour the retirement of the eminent political philosopher Professor Michael Oakeshott. Professor Oakeshott, widely regarded as one of the most important… 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
Michael Oakeshott as Liberal Theorist
– W.J. Coats. “ Michael Oakeshott as Liberal Theorist,” Canadian Journal of Political Science 18, no. 4 (1985): 773-787.Excerpt: This article cautions against facilely casting Oakeshott’s thought in the mold of either Kantian liberalism for its account of civil association as purely formal association… 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 Politics of Faith and the Politics of Skepticism
– Michael Oakeshott, The Politics of Faith and the Politics of Skepticism. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996.“In this polished and hitherto unknown work, Oakeshott argues that modern politics was constituted out of a debate, persistent through centuries of European political experience down… More
Oakeshott and His Contemporaries
– W.J. Coats. Oakeshott and His Contemporaries. Selinsgrove: Susquehanna University Press, 2000.Excerpt: Oakeshott and His Contemporaries is an exploration of the ideas of one of the most important twentieth-century, English, political philosophers vis-a-vis related ideas in the… More
Michael Oakeshott on European Political History
– Luke O'Sullivan. “Michael Oakeshott on European Political History,” History of Political Thought 21, no. 1 (1975): 132-151.Excerpt: This article examines Michael Oakeshott’s views on European political history, based on the essays, reviews, lectures and unpublished works which he produced through out his… 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 Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott
– Terry Nardin. The Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001.Excerpt: This is the first comprehensive study of Michael Oakeshott as a philosopher rather than a political theorist, which is how most commentators have regarded him. Indeed, the careful… More
Michael Oakeshott, Philosopher: A Commemoration of the Centenary of Oakeshott’s Birth
– Leslie Marsh. Michael Oakeshott, Philosopher: A Commemoration of the Centenary of Oakeshott's Birth. London: Michael Oakeshott Association, 2001.Excerpt: Oakeshott occupies an unusual place within the 20th century philosophy: his reputation made as a political philosopher is as misunderstood within political circles, as his… More
Oakeshott on History
– Luke O'Sullivan. Oakeshott on History. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2003.Excerpt: This book challenges the common view that Michael Oakeshott was mainly important as a political philosopher by offering the first comprehensive study of his ideas on history. It… More
Michael Oakeshott on Hobbes: A Study in the Renewal of Philosophical Ideas
– Ian Tregenza. Michael Oakeshott on Hobbes: A Study in the Renewal of Philosophical Ideas. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2003.Excerpt: Michael Oakeshott is widely recognized to be one of the most original political philosophers of the twentieth century. He also developed a very influential interpretation of the… 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
Michael Oakeshott: An Introduction
– Paul Franco. Michael Oakeshott: An Introduction. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004.In this book Paul Franco provides an authoritative introduction to the life and thought of Michael Oakeshott, one of the most important philosophical voices of the twentieth century. After… More
The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott
– Timothy Fuller. The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2005.This volume brings together a diverse range of perspectives reflecting the international appeal and multi-disciplinary interest that Oakeshott now attracts. The essays offer a variety of… More
The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott edited by Efraim Podoksik
– Podoksik, Efraim, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012In 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
Oakeshott on Rome and America
– Gene Callahan. Oakeshott on Rome and America. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2013.Excerpt: The political systems of the Roman Republic were based almost entirely on tradition, “the way of the ancestors”, rather than on a written constitution. While the founders of… More
Oakeshott’s Concept of Ideology
– David Corey. “Oakeshott's Concept of Ideology,” Journal of Political Ideologies 19, no. 3 (2014): 261-282.Excerpt: Michael Oakeshott’s critique of ‘political rationalism’ is often regarded as a unique contribution to the study of 20th-century ‘ideologies.’ But, in fact, Oakeshott… More
Rationalism and the Rule of Law: Michael Oakeshott and the American Constitutional Order
– Corey, Elizabeth. "Rationalism and the Rule of Law: Michael Oakeshott and the American Constitutional Order." American Political Thought 4, no. 4 (2015): 632-52.Abstract: Many commentators have mentioned the fact that Michael Oakeshott describes the American founding as a “Rationalist” project. But there has been little careful… 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
Politics and Experience: Essays Presented to Professor Michael Oakeshott on the Occasion of His Retirement
– Preston King and B.C. Parekh. Politics and Experience: Essays Presented to Professor Michael Oakeshott on the Occasion of his Retirement. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968.This volume was compiled in 1968 to honour the retirement of the eminent political philosopher Professor Michael Oakeshott. Professor Oakeshott, widely regarded as one of the most important… 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
Michael Oakeshott as Liberal Theorist
– W.J. Coats. “ Michael Oakeshott as Liberal Theorist,” Canadian Journal of Political Science 18, no. 4 (1985): 773-787.Excerpt: This article cautions against facilely casting Oakeshott’s thought in the mold of either Kantian liberalism for its account of civil association as purely formal association… 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 Politics of Faith and the Politics of Skepticism
– Michael Oakeshott, The Politics of Faith and the Politics of Skepticism. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996.“In this polished and hitherto unknown work, Oakeshott argues that modern politics was constituted out of a debate, persistent through centuries of European political experience down… More
Oakeshott and His Contemporaries
– W.J. Coats. Oakeshott and His Contemporaries. Selinsgrove: Susquehanna University Press, 2000.Excerpt: Oakeshott and His Contemporaries is an exploration of the ideas of one of the most important twentieth-century, English, political philosophers vis-a-vis related ideas in the… More
Michael Oakeshott on European Political History
– Luke O'Sullivan. “Michael Oakeshott on European Political History,” History of Political Thought 21, no. 1 (1975): 132-151.Excerpt: This article examines Michael Oakeshott’s views on European political history, based on the essays, reviews, lectures and unpublished works which he produced through out his… 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 Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott
– Terry Nardin. The Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001.Excerpt: This is the first comprehensive study of Michael Oakeshott as a philosopher rather than a political theorist, which is how most commentators have regarded him. Indeed, the careful… More
Michael Oakeshott, Philosopher: A Commemoration of the Centenary of Oakeshott’s Birth
– Leslie Marsh. Michael Oakeshott, Philosopher: A Commemoration of the Centenary of Oakeshott's Birth. London: Michael Oakeshott Association, 2001.Excerpt: Oakeshott occupies an unusual place within the 20th century philosophy: his reputation made as a political philosopher is as misunderstood within political circles, as his… More
Oakeshott on History
– Luke O'Sullivan. Oakeshott on History. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2003.Excerpt: This book challenges the common view that Michael Oakeshott was mainly important as a political philosopher by offering the first comprehensive study of his ideas on history. It… More
Michael Oakeshott on Hobbes: A Study in the Renewal of Philosophical Ideas
– Ian Tregenza. Michael Oakeshott on Hobbes: A Study in the Renewal of Philosophical Ideas. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2003.Excerpt: Michael Oakeshott is widely recognized to be one of the most original political philosophers of the twentieth century. He also developed a very influential interpretation of the… 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
Michael Oakeshott: An Introduction
– Paul Franco. Michael Oakeshott: An Introduction. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004.In this book Paul Franco provides an authoritative introduction to the life and thought of Michael Oakeshott, one of the most important philosophical voices of the twentieth century. After… More
The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott
– Timothy Fuller. The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2005.This volume brings together a diverse range of perspectives reflecting the international appeal and multi-disciplinary interest that Oakeshott now attracts. The essays offer a variety of… More
The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott edited by Efraim Podoksik
– Podoksik, Efraim, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012In 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
Oakeshott on Rome and America
– Gene Callahan. Oakeshott on Rome and America. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2013.Excerpt: The political systems of the Roman Republic were based almost entirely on tradition, “the way of the ancestors”, rather than on a written constitution. While the founders of… More
Oakeshott’s Concept of Ideology
– David Corey. “Oakeshott's Concept of Ideology,” Journal of Political Ideologies 19, no. 3 (2014): 261-282.Excerpt: Michael Oakeshott’s critique of ‘political rationalism’ is often regarded as a unique contribution to the study of 20th-century ‘ideologies.’ But, in fact, Oakeshott… More
Rationalism and the Rule of Law: Michael Oakeshott and the American Constitutional Order
– Corey, Elizabeth. "Rationalism and the Rule of Law: Michael Oakeshott and the American Constitutional Order." American Political Thought 4, no. 4 (2015): 632-52.Abstract: Many commentators have mentioned the fact that Michael Oakeshott describes the American founding as a “Rationalist” project. But there has been little careful… More