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August 10, 2019michael oakeshott

Michael Oakeshott and the History of Ideas Seminar

Some thirty years ago Ken Minogue kindly gave me copies of three pieces, two of which he’d written on Oakeshott: the third was by Oakeshott himself. All may well have already been published, but if not, here is the first installment. history of ideas seminarhistory of political thoughtkenneth minogueLSEMichael Oakeshott

October 30, 2014Robert Orr

A Double Agent in the Dream of Michael Oakeshott

This still rates as one of my favorite pieces of secondary literature on Oakeshott using it to critical effect in the essay “Constructivism and Relativism in Oakeshott“. Robert Orr, by the way, also wrote a memorable article on Machiavelli. When I asked him why the only books he had in his LSE office (pretty much the complete set of…