From a 'necessary Evil' to an Art of Contingency: Michael Oakeshott's Conception of Political Activity (British Idealist Studies. Series 1, Oakeshott) : Michael Oakeshott's conception of political act

Presents a study of Oakeshott's conception of political activity. The author examines Oakeshott in the contexts of liberal, conservative and idealist thought, and then presents a detailed interpretation of the change in his conception of politics in the context of British postwar political thought.