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May 23, 2025ethics

Alasdair MacIntyre (1929 – 2025)

The wonderful Dorothy Emmet was Alastair MacIntyre’s advisor. Obituary here. alastair macintyreCatholicismDorothy EmmetethicsPolitical philosophy

March 17, 2024michael oakeshott

Michael Oakeshott in a Time of Cultural Transformation

Colorado Springs 2025: Call for Papers Michael Oakeshotton human conductPolitical philosophy

February 20, 2024conservatism

Reading George Grant in the 20th Century

Just published CanadaConservatismgeorge grantPolitical philosophy

December 14, 2022michael oakeshott

Art and Politics in Roger Scruton’s Conservative Philosophy

Publisher page aestheticsConservatismFerenc HörcherMichael OakeshottPolitical philosophyRoger Scruton

June 21, 2022michael oakeshott

Rationalism in Politics: sixty years on

Open Access ConservatismLiberalismMichael OakeshottPolitical philosophyrationalism in politics

December 9, 2021Friedrich Nietzsche, rousseau

Rousseau, Nietzsche, and the Image of the Human

My chum and sometime collaborator has this new book out. Friedrich NietzscheJean-Jacques RousseauLiberalismPaul FrancoPolitical philosophy

December 7, 2021michael oakeshott

Oakeshott’s Skepticism, Politics, and Aesthetics

Just published! aestheticsclassical liberalismConservatismEric KosMichael OakeshottPoetryPolitical philosophyscepticism

July 3, 2021Israel

Herzl’s Bicycle

(This repost marks Herzl’s death on July 3rd). 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…