George Feaver: born and died on May 12th. Here is an unpublished piece by George entitled “Politics, Popular Government and Regimes of Liberty: Michael Oakeshott on Representative Democracy”. democracyGeorge FeaverMichael OakeshottPolitical philosophy
It’s been exactly a decade since my chum George Feaver crossed the finishing line. Here’s his bibliography and more. ConservatismGeorge FeaverMichael OakeshottPolitical philosophy
My chum George Feaver crossed the finishing line on this date (his birthday as well).
Yet more Oakeshottiana. Here is a brief review by Elizabeth Corey of The Meanings of Michael Oakeshott’s Conservatism (table of contents). Corey summarizes why Oakeshott’s supposed conservatism equally frustrates self-avowed conservatives and liberal critics: in the second excerpt she neatly captures the appeal of Oakeshott for someone such as myself. (See also another recent posting). In…
It is only recently that I learnt of the passing of George Feaver, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at UBC. He was great bar-room company who could, very articulately and with such aplomb, talk the hind legs off a donkey. Indeed, I recall one time when he had to be “pulled” off…
A rather belated plug for this book. The follow up is currently being edited.
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