ABSTRACT
When I first encountered the writings of Michael Oakeshott, I was an MA student planning to study the concept of conservative change. It seemed to me then that his texts were seldom talking about social or political change. Rather than discussing how (and in which direction) to change society, Oakeshott was apparently arguing that the whole point of conservatism is not changing it. He also depicted conservatism not as a political ideology but as a genuine attachment to the present. According to Oakeshott, conservatism was not a fully fledged ideology or political theory, but more of an attitude or disposition. And from this perspective, any conservative political proposal can be better understood as an extension of that disposition to political discourse.
