Michael Oakeshott

Michael J. Oakeshott (1901- 1990) 20. század legjelentősebb brit konzervatív politikafilozófusa. A cambridge-i Gonville and Caius College diákja, majd tagja volt. A háború idején a katonai hírszerzésben kamatoztatta némettudását. 1950-ben nevezték ki a londoni LSE politikatudományi...

Preface to the first edition Of these essays, composed during the last twelve years, seven were first published elsewhere. Each was written for a different occasion, but they seem to me to go together well enough to be put together. They are all concerned with doing, understanding and...