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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 (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. His ideas spring from a lifetime of reading in the literature of European thought, sharpened by philosophical reflection on its arguments and presuppositions.
May 6, 2024 · Michael Oakeshott was a 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. In political theory, Oakeshott is best known for his critique of modern.
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.
Dec 18, 2020 · M ichael Oakeshott passed away on this day in 1990, a year and one month after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Three decades later, the British political philosopher’s influence has spread...
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Learn about Oakeshott's conservative disposition, his critique of rationalism and his pragmatic approach to politics. Explore his works such as Rationalism in Politics and On Human Conduct.
