Michael Oakeshott: born on this date
ConservatismLiberalismMichael Oakeshottrationalism in politics
ConservatismLiberalismMichael Oakeshottrationalism in politics
Here is an open access reprint in VoegelinView (with minor amendments) of a chapter that first appeared in The Mystery of Rationality: Mind, Beliefs and the Social Sciences, eds. Gérald Bronner and Francesco Di Iorio. ConservatismideologyLiberalismPolitical philosophyrationalismrationality
Zbigniew Janowski interviews Nick about his latest book (and chats about much more besides. Friedrich HayekJohn Stuart MillLiberalismMichael OakeshottNicholas Capaldirule of lawZbigniew Janowski
Marking Theodor Herzl’s birth date. The top photo is of a mini sculpture near the Budapest synagogue and is based on the second photo on display in the Vienna Jewish Museum. The third photo is of the actual bicycle, also on display in the Vienna Jewish Museum. Read Herzl’s The Jewish State here; an audio book…
Spectator USA aestheticsConservatismLiberalismPolitical philosophyRoger Scruton
This is the first major study on Oakeshott in Portugal. Carlos Marques de AlmeidaConservatismLiberalismMichael OakeshottPolitical philosophy
Freely available for download here. ConservatismEno TrimcevideologyLiberalismMichael OakeshottPolitical philosophy
Published! authorityEric Kosgovvernancejames alexanderLiberalismMichael OakeshottPolitical philosophystateTimothy Fuller
Matt McManus’ latest on this topic with a special shout-out to Peter. Stay tuned for Matt’s forthcoming book which goes into this topic in great detail. Liberalismmatt McManuspeter lawlerPolitical philosophypost modernism
In “Oakeshott on Civil Association,” Noël O’Sullivan offers a magisterial account of Oakeshott’s ideal of civil association, showing that it is addressed above all to the moral problem of reconciling authority with freedom in the highly pluralistic circumstances of modern Europe. Hobbes made significant progress in this normative endeavor to find a shared sense of…