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Oakeshott’s Skepticism, Politics, and Aesthetics

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Editors:
  1. Eric S. Kos

    1. Department of Political Science, Siena Heights University, Adrian, USA

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  • 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

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism (PASTCL)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Eric S. Kos
    Pages 1-10

  3. Under the Law of Ruin: Practice, Aesthetics, and the Civil Association

    • Eno Trimçev
    Pages 11-30

  4. Michael Oakeshott Philosopher of Skepticism: Conservative or Liberal?

    • Agostino Carrino
    Pages 31-50

  5. Out of Rationalist Politics’ Crises: Popper and Oakeshott

    • Haosheng Li
    Pages 51-65

  6. A Conservative Landscape: From A Guide to the Classics to the “Claims of Politics”

    • Carlos Marques de Almeida
    Pages 67-75

  7. The Art of the Scholar: Oakeshott’s Conservative Account of Liberal Learning

    • Ferenc Hörcher
    Pages 77-88

  8. The Understanding of Rationalism in C.S. Lewis and Michael Oakeshott: Tradition, Experience, and the Reading of Old Books

    • Luke C. Sheahan, Gene Callahan
    Pages 89-110

  9. Oakeshott, Strauss and the Romans

    • Wendell John Coats
    Pages 111-125

  10. Authority: Fragments of the Good Regime

    • Attila K. Molnár
    Pages 127-141

  11. ‘That Spirit of Quiet’: Oakeshott, Keats and Sontag Towards a Philosophy of Silence

    • Alexander Langstaff
    Pages 143-157

  12. Oakeshott’s Theory of Poetry: A Corrective from Seamus Heaney

    • Kevin Williams
    Pages 159-174

  13. The Problem of a Pure Theory of Poetry

    • James Alexander
    Pages 175-195

  14. What Can Contemporary Realists Learn from Montaigne? On the Significance of the Author of the Essais for Michael Oakeshott and Raymond Geuss

    • Gülşen Seven
    Pages 197-212

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 213-222
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About this book

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.

Reviews

‘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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, Siena Heights University, Adrian, USA

    Eric S. Kos

About the editor

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Oakeshott’s Skepticism, Politics, and Aesthetics

  • Editors: Eric S. Kos

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83055-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83054-0Published: 02 December 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83057-1Published: 03 December 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-83055-7Published: 01 December 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2662-6470

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-6489

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 222

  • Topics: Political Philosophy, Aesthetics

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