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Michael Joseph Oakeshott FBA (/ ˈ oʊ k ʃ ɒ t /; 11 December 1901 – 19 December 1990) was an English philosopher and political theorist who wrote on the philosophies of history, religion, aesthetics, education, and law.
Mar 8, 2016 · Michael Oakeshott. First published Tue Mar 8, 2016; substantive revision Thu Feb 1, 2024. Michael Oakeshott (1901–1990) is often called a conservative thinker. But this label identifies only one aspect of his thought and invites misunderstanding because it is ambiguous.
Michael Oakeshott (born December 11, 1901, Chelsfield, Kent, England—died December 18, 1990, Acton, Dorset) British political theorist, philosopher, and educator whose work belongs to the philosophical tradition of objective idealism. He is regarded as an important and singular conservative thinker.
Biography. British political philosopher Michael Joseph Oakeshott was born on December 11, 1901, in Chelsfield, Kent, one of three boys in the family of Frances and Joseph Oakeshott. In 1912 he was sent to St. George’s School in Harpenden, a progressive coeducational boarding school.
Michael Oakeshott, like Ludwig Wittgenstein, is a philosopher’s philosopher. He had a unique point of view, and a coherent way of looking at life, clearly expressed in wonderfully elegant prose. Oakeshott was also utterly indifferent to fashion in academic, political and philosophical life, and pursued obscurity to a point of near public ...
An introduction to the thought of the British political philosopher Michael Oakeshott (1901 - 1990). Features essays, multimedia, and more.
Jan 1, 2004 · Michael Oakeshott: An Introduction. Paul Franco. Yale University Press, Jan 1, 2004 - Political Science - 209 pages. In this book Paul Franco provides an authoritative introduction to the life...
