"Rationalism in Politics" was an epitome of the philosophy of Michael Oakeshott on the things of overall viewpoints applied to political glitches in the particular.
Philosophies or sensible concepts could not be only enforced on just any society because the basics of that society could certainly change the result is what Oakeshott supposed. For example, the notion of "natural rights" and the equality of man had constructive effects in the United States and resulted in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. But in France they led to a bloodbath and eventually in the imposition of the Napoleonic Empire. Relating notional concepts to resolve real-world complications was rationalism to Oakeshott. And here is where the problem