General News
Franco-Marsh Companion Comes Closer
Leslie Marsh and Paul Franco’s forthcoming Companion to Michael Oakeshott now has its own companion web site. Although the book still does not get a mention on the web site of the publisher, Penn State University Press, the chapter line-up has reportedly been finalized. To mark this milestone, Leslie has created a new site for [...]
Oakeshott Memorial Lecture, LSE, 19th October 2011
Are adverbial rules enough? Michael Oakeshott famously distinguished the character of a state, as opposed to an enterprise association, as something that derives from the imposition of adverbial constraints on action rather than the adoption of social goals. Oliver Letwin [explores] the extent to which this is, and the extent to which it is not, [...]
Oakeshott’s place in the Big Society
A pingback from an LSE blog has alerted us to a new book that apparently bears the marks of Oakeshott’s influence. Jesse Norman, British Conservative and local campaigner, has been a long-time Oakeshottian. He edited one of the first posthumous anthologies on Oakeshott, The Achievement of Michael Oakeshott (Duckworth, London, 1993). Now he has reportedly [...]
Thanks to Recent Donors
As President of the Michael Oakeshott Association, I would like to recognize and thank some of our recent donors. Dan Crosby has made a generous donation to the Association’s general fund. The George Feaver Young Scholars Fund has received generous support from Dr. Diane Mauzy & Dr. R.S. Milne and from Dr. and Mrs. Robert Banks. [...]
Update on The Meanings of Oakeshott’s Conservatism
Sadly, Imprint Academic’s “See inside” link for the new book, The Meanings of Oakeshott’s Conservatism, does not work. Happily, thanks to the book’s editor, Corey Abel (who is also the MO Association’s current President), we can provide you with a downloadable preview of the table of contents (PDF format). As previously mentioned, a draft version [...]