Author Archive
Vale Anthony Quinton
One of the MO Association’s Honorary Founding Fellows, the Oxford analytic philosopher Lord Anthony Quinton, died on 19 June, aged 85.
Leslie Marsh has posted an obituary for Quinton that highlights Quinton’s magnanimity (and also reveals his role in the formation of the MOA). Leslie also includes links to the obituaries published on English newspaper sites.
Feaver on Oakeshott on Representative Democracy
George Feaver was a sympathetic student of Oakeshott and during his own academic career wrote repeatedly about his old teacher’s thoughts. One of his MOA conference papers, now available online courtesy of the new George Feaver web site, is “Michael Oakeshott on Representative Democracy”.
George Feaver Young Scholars Fund
The Executive Committee of the Michael Oakeshott Association wishes it to be known that a fund is being set up in the name of the late George Feaver. George’s widow has very generously agreed to capitalize the fund: we are seeking donations to expand the fund, with a view to collectively matching the initial capitalization [...]
Kinzel on Neill on Oakeshott
Back in September 2009 I mentioned the imminent arrival of Edmund Neill’s slim but highly priced book on Oakeshott. The book has since been published and Till Kinzel has written a review of it, which, given the sticker shock, might be a great service to us all.
N.B. Credit once again to Leslie Marsh for breaking [...]
Vale Antony Flew (1923-2010)
Thanks again to Leslie Marsh for advising us of the demise of Antony Flew earlier this month. Although an Oxford man and a follower of Ryle’s ordinary language philosophy rather than any shade of Idealism, Flew made an early contribution to the Michael Oakeshott Association as a charter member. According to The Guardian’s obituary, Flew’s [...]
Not all news is good news
Michael Oakeshott may still today not be as widely known as Oakeshottians believe he should be – but are there some mentions that we could do without? Leslie Marsh recently unearthed a possible example from a few years ago over at his personal blog.
Samples of Oakeshott
Free samples of Oakeshott’s writing can be obtained from this site as well as a variety of other places on the web. Below is a list of the ones we know about.
Pre-WWII
John Locke (1932, PDF format)
Experience and its Modes, Ch. 3, Historical Experience (1933, PDF format)
History and the Social Sciences (1936, PDF format)
Dr. Leo Strauss [...]