Michael Oakeshott on Authority, Governance, and the State presents contributions on one of the most important British philosophers of the 20th century. These essays address unique and under-analyzed areas in the literature on Oakeshott: authority, governance, and the state. They draw on some of the earliest and least-explored works of Oakeshott, including his lectures at Cambridge and the London School of Economics and difficult-to-access essays and manuscripts. The essays are authored by a diverse set of emerging and established scholars from Europe, North America, and India. This authorial diversity is not only a testimony to the growing international interest in Oakeshott, but also to a plurality of perspectives and important new insights into the thought of Michael Oakeshott.

Eric S. Kosis Associate Professor of Political Science at Siena Heights University, USA. 

1. Introduction.- 2. The State is the Attempt to Strip Metaphor out of Politics.- 3. The Problem of Liberal Political Legitimacy.- 4. Oakeshott on the State: Between History and Philosophy.- 5. Taking Natural Law Seriously within the Liberal Tradition.- 6. The Authority of the State and the Traditional Realm of Freedom.- 7. Anarchic and Antinomian? Oakeshott and the Cambridge School on History, Philosophy, and Authority.- 8. Michael Oakeshott's Political Realism.- 9. Government as a British Conservative Understands It: Comments on Oakeshotts Views on Government.- 10. Global Governance and the Clandestine Revolution: From the Legal State to the Judicial State.- 11. Three Different Critiques of Rationalism: Friedrich Hayek, James Scott and Michael Oakeshott.