David John Manning (8th April 1938–10th April 2014) was a British academic and author who was a lecturer in politics at

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. He was a student of

Michael Oakeshott Michael Joseph Oakeshott (11 December 1901 – 19 December 1990) was an English philosopher. He is known for his contributions to the philosophies of history, religion, aesthetics, education, and law.Fuller, T. (1991) 'The Work of Michael Oakesh ...

. Manning's critique of

Jeremy Bentham Jeremy Bentham (; 4 February Dual dating, 1747/8 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.

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– 6 June 1832) was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of mo ...

's philosophy, ''The Mind of Jeremy Bentham'', was influenced by Oakeshott's ideas. Manning hosted MA politics seminars at Durham University and he edited a collection of essays by his former students, which were published in 1980 as ''The Form of Ideology: Investigations Into the Sense of Ideological Reasoning with a View to Giving an Account of Its Place in Political Life''.David Boucher, ''Texts in Context: Revisionist Methods for Studying the History of Ideas'' (Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1985), p. 273.

Works

*'Professor Michael Oakeshott's contribution to political thought', ''Clare Market'' (Lent 1965), pp. 27-34. *''The Mind of Jeremy Bentham'' (London: Longmans, 1968). *''Liberalism'' (London: Littlehampton Book Services, 1976). *(editor), ''The Form of Ideology: Investigations Into the Sense of Ideological Reasoning with a View to Giving an Account of Its Place in Political Life'' (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1980). *(co-authored with T. J. Robinson), ''The Place of Ideology in Political Life'' (London: Croom Helm, 1985). *(co-authored with Y. M. Carlisle), 'The Concept of Ideology and Work Motivation', ''Organization Studies'', Vol. 15, No. 5 (1994), pp. 683–703. *(co-authored with Y. M. Carlisle), 'The Ideologics of Modern Politics', ''Political Studies'', Vol. 43, No. 3 (1995), pp. 482–496. *(co-authored with Y. M. Carlisle), 'The Ideology of Technology and the Birth of the Global Economy', ''Technology in Society'', Volume 18, Issue 1 (1996), pp. 61-77. *(co-authored with Y. M. Carlisle), 'The Domain of Professional Business Ethics', ''Organization'', Vol. 3, No. 3 (1996), pp. 341–360. *'The Philosophical Foundations of Liberal Ideology', ''Journal of Political Ideologies'', Vol. 2, No. 2 (1997), pp. 137-158. *(co-authored with Y. M. Carlisle), 'Ideological Persuasion and Technological Determinism', ''Technology in Society'', Vol. 21, No. 1 (1999), pp. 81–102. *(co-authored with Y. M. Carlisle), 'Industrial Organization and the Technological Time Trap', ''Organization'', Vol. 7, No. 1 (2000), pp. 155–163.

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