British philosopher Michael Oakeshott is widely considered as one of the key conservative thinkers of the 20th century. After publishing many works on religion, he became mostly known for his…

A collection of critical essays by leading scholars on British political philosopher Michael Oakeshott. Essays cover all aspects of Oakeshott’s thought, from his theory of knowledge and philosophies of history…

The work of Michael Oakeshott has retained a striking currency in philosophical discourse about education. In the light of the interest and of Oakeshott’s extensive writing on so many aspects…

Michael Oakeshott’s classic discussion of modality and human experience in relation to the practical, the historical and the scientific modes of understanding is presented in a new series livery with…

Michael Oakeshott on Authority, Governance, and the State presents contributions on one of the most important British philosophers of the 20th century.

Intends to provide a structured interpretation of the significance of Michael Oakeshott’s critique of the Enlightenment . By seeing the thinker as a ‘sceptical idealist’ posing a serious challenge to…

This book compares the thought of Michael Oakeshott and Leo Strauss, bringing Oakeshott’s desire for a renaissance of poetic individuality into dialogue with Strauss’s recovery of the universality of philosophical…

Offers a description, explanation, and evaluation of Michael Oakeshott’s democratic theory. This book penetrates two renewals; the first is the revitalization of interest in Oakeshott, and the second is the…