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 Here is an unpublished piece by George entitled “Politics, Popular Government and Regimes of Liberty: Michael Oakeshott on Representative Democracy”.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
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…
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This is the first major study on Oakeshott in Portugal. Carlos Marques de AlmeidaConservatismLiberalismMichael OakeshottPolitical philosophy
Thank you to all the authors, volume editors, the behind the scenes editorial support at Palgrave and last, but not least, to the external referees, for making this a most dynamic and ecumenical series. With several titles in the pipeline the next year promises to be equally exciting. Austrian Economicsclassical liberalismphilosophy of social sciencepolitical economyPolitical philosophy
For those who’ve never read that most subtle, cultivated, humane and refined of minds Michael Oakeshott’s concerns resonate as deeply as ever. For the novice, I’d recommend his mid-career Rationalism in Politics, a most elegant collection of essays. A more difficult, but for me the vital underpinning cutting across all his work, is his equally elegant and…
