MICHAEL OAKESHOTT AND THE PRACTICE OF CIVILITY: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Daniel Lena Marchiori Neto

Contribuciones a las Ciencias Sociales, 2013, issue 2013-04

Abstract: In this paper I analyze the distinction between civil association and enterprise association, one of the most important contributions of Michael Oakeshott to political theory. First, I describe those two modalities, as competing ideas in the Modern European State. After, I will examine the argument that the civil association is a utopia because the idea of a non-instrumentality practice is questionable. Finally, I argue that non-instrumentality and instrumentality are categorically distinct, but in practice it can be difficult to distinguish them. On the other side, it does not mean that civil association is not a relevant category: au contraire, this concept must be understood in the context of the whole work of Oakeshott, an original approach to a skeptical conservatism disposition.

Keywords: Michael Oakeshott; Conservatism; Civility. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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