Ken Minogue
Five years ago my chum Ken got on a plane after a MPS meeting in the Galapagos and never awoke. What a way to go! Read his work. kenneth minogueLiberalismMichael OakeshottPolitical philosophyrationalism
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On Liberty and Its Enemies: Essays of Kenneth Minogue
My late chum, Ken Minogue, has just had a posthumous collection of his classic essays republished and it is edited by none other than Tim Fuller. Conservatismkenneth minogueLiberalismPolitical philosophyTimothy Fuller
Remembering Ken Minogue
Born on this day — see the themed issue of Cosmos + Taxis dedicated to Ken. Here is Ken at his elegant and wry best in Morals & the servile mind. I think Ken would have been chuffed by BREXIT not necessarily because of which side actually won, but because of which side was the most arrogant. Clue .…
Ken Minogue (September 11, 1930–June 28, 2013)
It is with sadness that I report the death of my chum Ken Minogue. It was only two months ago that I got him out to New York for a conference in which he performed brilliantly. Just two weeks ago we had corresponded and as usual Ken always ready to extend kindness and generosity. I…
Companion to Oakeshott
At last PSUP have published the contents. ConversationMichael OakeshottNoel MalcolmOakeshottPaul FrancoPhilosophyPolitical philosophyThomas Hobbes
A Companion to Michael Oakeshott (Again)
We know it’s been a long time in coming but we have some blindingly superb essays comprising this volume. In lieu of conventional abstracts here is an extract from Paul and my introductory essay. For a full table of contents and a dedicated website see here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Editorial Extract The first two essays deal with…
Phantom Philosopher
Oakeshott has been added to the Special Forces Roll of Honour listing. Off course, many will have heard the Worsthorne story: I remember Perry Worsthorne’s story about spending a year or two with Oakeshott when he was an officer in the special intelligence unit called “Phantom” during the war, and then coming back to Cambridge, finding to his…
The Elusive Oakeshott
Here is a characteristically lucid piece by Ken Minogue on Oakeshott’s supposed conservatism. It should be noted that conservatism as Oakeshott understood it, is an anathema to “conservatism” understood in the American context. I take the view that these the terms are not at all helpful and are, for the most part, vulgarized. Oakeshott was…
The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott
A rather belated plug for this book. The follow up is currently being edited.
A Companion to Michael Oakeshott
Here is the collection of newly commissioned essays edited by Paul Franco and Leslie Marsh forthcoming from Penn State University Press. 1. Editorial Introduction (Paul Franco & Leslie Marsh) The editors give an overview of the importance of Oakeshott to 20th Century philosophy and account for the abiding interest in Oakeshott’s work. 2. The Pursuit of Intimacy, or Rationalism…
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