Maurice Cowling
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Maurice John Cowling was a British historian. A fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, for most of his career, Cowling was a leading conservative exponent of the 'high politics' approach to political histor
Peterhouse Old Court
Michael Oakeshott
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Michael Joseph Oakeshott was an English philosopher. He is known for his contributions to the philosophies of history, religion, aesthetics, education, and law.
Maurice Cowling
…before the History Faculty appointed him to an Assistant Lectureship. Cowling's first book was The Nature and Limits of Political Science. Influenced by Michael Oakeshott, this was an attack on political science and political philosophy as it was then taught. Cowling argued that social science's claim to have discovered…
Oakeshott in the 1960s