by John Jascoll. The Background When I read in last summer’s LSE Magazine that an association had been formed to honour Michael Oakeshott it made me pause to reflect on my connection with the man. Unlike most of the people involved with the conference to commemorate him, I am far removed from the world of…
Some years ago I commissioned Noël O’Sullivan to contribute to the program for inaugural conference of Michael Oakeshott Association in 2001 which was held at the LSE. This is his beautifully crafted essay and is a companion piece to Ken Minogue’s portrait. ================================= When Leslie Marsh asked me to talk about the apparently simple subject, ‘Why…
In light of the level of interest shown in the Oakeshott audio that I recently posted, I thought this beautifully crafted personal portrait by one of the people who knew him longest, might act as a nice complement to further flesh out Oakeshott the man. It’s by Ken Minogue, who was for many years, Oakeshott’s colleague and friend.…
Narrated and interviewed by Michael Ignatieff Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6
Dutch television documentary (only narration is in Dutch) (29 minutes)
Andrew Sullivan, a fascinating melange of Oakeshottian (and a dash of Hayekeanism), gay activist and practicing Catholic, here discussing his book The Conservative Soul. Andrew’s target is primarily the co-option of religious fundamentalism into the public arena – a cast of mind that is neither religious nor political, nor indeed “conservative” since these folk have a radical agenda. For more on…
V.S. Ramachandran – another dynamic speaker in the Searle mould (54 minutes). Much of what he talks about concerns issues of embodiment – e.g. the phenomenon of phantom limbs. See my review of Shaun Gallagher’s How the body shapes the mind.
The ever punchy John Searle – his lecture starts after the 9 minute preamble (67 minutes)
Mini-documentary about the sad personal story of Turing’s demise featuring Turing’s biographer Andrew Hodges
1. The one and only Sylvie Guillem – aesthetics meets physical prowess Evidentia 2. Grandmaster Sifu Ip Chun Wing Chun: calm, power, sensitivity and simplicity (I had the privilege of 60 seconds of Chi Sau with Sifu Ip Chun – no, this is not me in the clip). My teachers were Michael Tse who was a student…
