[lbo-talk] Oakeshott ??

[knowknot at mindspring.com]

We would be greatful if some of you more knowledgeable 
savants on this List would be good enough to explain what 
the agenda of David Brooks might be, and why, in his 
description (in his 12/27/03 N.Y. Times column) of 
Michael Oakeshott as a "big thinker" who is "one of the 
most most important philosophers of the 20th century" (a 
question Brooks does not actually purport to answer in his 
column)?  Thanks very much.