
Interview: Professor Steven Smith on Oakeshott's "Political Education" | The New Thinkery Ep. 57
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The State Is Not the Business of the State
Political education has to be education of and with in specific, political tradition. He wanted people to find a kind of appreciation for the world that they live in. The state is there to provide a background apparatus which different groups and individuals could flourish - it should not tell them any picture of the good life.
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