Politics and Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott

<p>Michael Oakeshott was a leading Political theorist described by The Telegraph in 1990 as the greatest political philosopher in the Anglo-Saxon tradition since Mill – or even Burke. There has been sustained interest in his work and a developing body of literature over recent years. This book offers a clearly written and accessible critical analysis: it presents complex theories and concepts in a way that will introduce new readers to Oakeshott’s work and at the same time offers a fresh approach for those already familiar with his philosophy. </p><p><em>The Politics and Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott</em> reveals how his work relates to contemporary political philosophy (for example Arendt Rorty Rawls); and moreover how it links to broader debates within philosophy and the social sciences and building upon the work of Devigne through to postmodernism. </p><p>This book brings together the disparate influences that have at various times been associated with Oakeshott’s work and draws from a number of essays which have been published posthumously. Referring to these and other more well-known texts the author makes sense of the many dimensions of Oakeshott’s work by placing a moral concern as central to his system of thought. All in all this book considers the recently published ‘lesser-known’ essays as well as the latest secondary appraisals of Oakeshott’s work which sets his thought in the contemporary political environment of the twenty-first century. This much-needed text with be of great interest to students and researchers in political science and philosophy. </p>