Archive for September, 2009
Oakeshott vs Bloom re Education
“Tory anarchist” Daniel McCarthy has posted some thoughts on the differences between Oakeshott and Allan Bloom’s views of education in The American Conservative magazine
Get ‘em while they’re (almost) affordable
An email message from Amazon.com has just drawn my attention to the fact that the site is — for a limited time — offering a substantial discount on one soon-to-be-published Oakeshott book.
The book is Michael Oakeshott by Edmund Neill, one book in a series from Continuum on Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers.
The book normally has [...]
Registration Extended for Conference
You can still register for November’s MOA conference in Texas. The registration period for the conference has been extended until 15 October.
Read more about the conference on the conference page.
Conference Spoilers
The draft conference program does not give away much about the keynote speeches. We can reveal a little more.
Timothy Fuller, entering with gusto into the comparative spirit of the conference, will be looking not just at Oakeshott, Strauss and Voegelin, but Hannah Arendt, too. In a paper tentatively titled “Victims of Thought”, he will explore [...]
Conference Program Released
The draft program for this November’s MOA Conference has now been released.
Update 29 October: A revised conference program is now available
Reminder: Registration closes in a few days
Update: Registration has been extended until 15 October
Read more about the conference on the conference page.