Two Companions Compared by Chapter and Author
The two Companion to Oakeshott volumes published in 2012, one by Cambridge University Press, the other by Penn State University Press, unsurprisingly cover a lot of similar ground. However, each anthology manages to include some elements that the other misses.
The following table shows the areas of overlap and difference between the chapters of the two books.
| Topic | Cambridge Companion | Penn State Companion |
|---|---|---|
| Oakeshott’s Life | Nil | Robert Grant |
| Context/Influences on Oakeshott | ||
| German Idealism | Efraim Podoksik | Nil |
| British Idealism | David Boucher | David Boucher |
| Modes of Experience/Understanding | ||
| Philosophy of modes – in general | James Alexander | Kenneth McIntyre |
| History | Luke O’Sullivan | Geoffrey Thomas |
| Science | Byron Kaldis | Nil |
| "Poetry" (aesthetic experience) | Elizabeth Corey | Corey Abel |
| History of Political Thought | ||
| History of Political Thought – in general | Nil | Martyn Thompson |
| Oakeshott on Hobbes | Ian Tregenza | Noel Malolm |
| Political Philosophy and Politics | ||
| Post-WWII Critique of Rationalism in Politics |
|
Kenneth Minogue |
| On Human Conduct and Civil Association |
|
Noel O’Sullivan |
| Rhetoric | Terry Nardin | Nil |
| Law | Nil | Steven Gerencser |
| Oakeshott’s conservatism and/or liberalism | Andrew Gamble | Robert Devigne |
| Philosophy of Education | ||
| Education | Kevin Williams | Paul Franco |
| Assorted other topics | ||
| Religion | Nil | Elizabeth Corey |
| Oakeshott and Hayek on Mind | Nil | Leslie Marsh |
| Modernity/ the Moral Life / the Human Condition | Nil | Timothy Fuller |
| Scholarly Aids | ||
| Chronology | Yes | Nil |
| Bibliography | Yes | Nil |
| Index | Yes | Yes |