Michael Oakeshott and Liberalism Revisited

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This bookassesses the significance of Michael Oakeshotts political philosophy and his relationship to liberalism, both in theory and in practice.The essays coverage a range of different topics, including Oakeshott in relation to other thinkers like Hobbes, Strauss, Houellebecq, Berlin, and Aristotle; Oakeshotts thought in the context of countries like China and Poland; Oakeshotts thought on legal theory and policies relating to technology; and Oakeshotts liberal theory on its own. In the thirty-five years since Oakeshott died, interest in his work continues to grow. How Oakeshotts thought illuminates issues that have persisted since his time and have taken on new dimensions is an important investigation in the history of political thought.

Autorenportrait

Eric S. Kos is a recently retired professor of political science from Siena Heights University. He is the editor ofMichael Oakeshott on Authority, Governance, and the State(Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) andOakeshotts Skepticism, Politics, and Aesthetics(Palgrave Macmillan, 2022). He is also a charter member of the Michael Oakeshott Association, of which he was the president from 2015 to 2017 and a secretary from 2011 to 2015 and from 2019 to present.

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