Oakeshott's Skepticism, Politics, and Aesthetics

by Eric S. Kos (Editor)

Overview

This collection engages the work of Michael Oakeshott predominantly on the themes of his skepticism, politics, and aesthetics.  An international set of authors engages and expands the analysis of Oakeshott’s writings in often neglected areas and topics and in ways that brings Oakeshott into conversation with a surprisingly diverse set of thinkers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030830557
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	12/01/2021
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	538 KB

About the Author

Eric S. Kos is Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Social Sciences at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan and former President of the Michael Oakeshott Association.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Under the Law of Ruin: Practice, Aesthetics, and the Civil Association.- 3. Michael Oakeshott Philosopher of Skepticism: Conservative or Liberal?.- 4. Out of Rationalist Politics’ Crises: Popper and Oakeshott.- 5. A Conservative Landscape: From A Guide to the Classics to the “Claims of Politics”.- 6. The Art of the Scholar: Oakeshott’s Conservative Account of Liberal Learning.- 7. The Understanding of Rationalism in C.S. Lewis and Michael Oakeshott: Tradition, Experience, and the Reading of Old Books.- 8. Oakeshott, Strauss and the Romans.- 9.  Authority: Fragments of the Good Regime.- 10. ‘That spirit of quiet’: Oakeshott, Keats and Sontag Towards a Philosophy of Silence.- 11. Oakeshott’s Theory of Poetry: A Corrective from Seamus Heaney.- 12. The Problem of a Pure Theory of Poetry.- 13. What can Contemporary Realists Learn from Montaigne? On the Significance of the Author of the Essais for Michael Oakeshott and Raymond Geuss.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

‘Eric Kos’s volume has three important merits. One is the international composition of the authors, which reflects the extraordinary spread of interest in Oakeshott’s thought beyond the West during the past few decades. The second is that the authors include representatives of a new generation of Oakeshott scholars who bring an impressive extension of Oakeshott studies into new areas. The third merit is that several authors focus attention on relatively neglected topics in Oakeshott’s writings.’

- Noël O'Sullivan, Research Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Hull, UK.

Editorial Reviews

The book will be a valuable resource for those who are conducting research on the thought of Michael Oakeshott, and it has brought a variety of new voices into the conversation about his wide-ranging and humane work.” (Elizabeth Corey, History of European Ideas, March 22, 2024)

From the Publisher