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.

Addresses a critical element that pervades much of Oakeshott's thinking namely, aesthetics Contributes to the understanding of Oakeshott's picture of the poetic character of human activity Brings an international perspective to the study of Oakeshott's thought

Autorentext

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.

Inhalt

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.