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Rethinking The Foundations of Modern Political Thought

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Editors:
Annabel Brett, University of Cambridge
James Tully, University of Victoria, British Columbia

Mark Goldie, Holly Hamilton-Bleakley, J. G. A. Pocock, Marco Geuna, Warren Boutcher, Cathy Curtis, H. M. Höpfl, Annabel Brett, Martin van Gelderen, Richard Tuck, Kinch Hoekstra, David Armitage, Quentin Skinner

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Date Published: January 2007
availability: Available
format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521615037

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Quentin Skinner's classic study The Foundations of Modern Political Thought was first published by Cambridge in 1978. This was the first of a series of outstanding publications that have changed forever the way the history of political thought is taught and practised. Rethinking the Foundations of Modern Political Thought looks afresh at the impact of the original work, asks why it still matters, and considers a number of significant agendas that it still inspires. A very distinguished international team of contributors has been assembled, including John Pocock, Richard Tuck and David Armitage, and the result is an unusually powerful and cohesive contribution to the history of ideas, of interest to large numbers of students of early modern history and political thought. In conclusion, Skinner replies to each chapter and presents his own thoughts on the latest trends and the future direction of the history of political thought.
- The first comprehensive review of Quentin Skinner's classic text, and the transformation if has brought about in the history of political thought
- Contains a comprehensive reply from Skinner, allowing readers to see how he views the transformation his work has brought about and what he considers are today's important trends
- Includes chapters on all the major themes in intellectual history, from the Scholastics to Hobbes, by some of the major historians of ideas in the world today
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"For fans of Skinner's work, Rethinking will be a desirable addition to their library, and even critics of Skinner can learn from this book...[Annabel Brett's] contribution lives up to the expectations set by the book title by asking what place Jesuit political thought of the second scholastic has in the foundations of modern political thought, when it does not fit in either of the two modes of political modernity highlighted by Skinner."
-Kang Chen, Houston Community College, The Journal of Politics
"For historians of early modern political philosophy, Quentin Skinner's Foundations of Modern Political Thought has been an essential breviary...It is a reasoned and modern encyclopedia of political learning: the key to understanding republics, liberty, theology, constitutions and tyranny, from the Middle Ages to the wars of religion and absolutism...The cast is impeccable, and anyone interested in reevaluating Skinner's readings within the Foundations will find this book useful."
The Journal of Modern History, Jacob Soll, Rutgers University
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- Date Published: January 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521615037
- length: 310 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 152 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.502kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface James Tully and Annabel Brett
Part I. Introduction:
1. The context of the Foundations Mark Goldie
2. Linguistic philosophy and the Foundations Holly Hamilton-Bleakley
Part II. Rethinking the Foundations:
3. Foundations and moments J. G. A. Pocock
4. Skinner, pre-Humanistic rhetorical culture and Machiavelli Marco Geuna
5. Unoriginal authors: how to do things with texts in the Renaissance Warren Boutcher
6. 'The best state of the Commonwealth': Thomas More and Quentin Skinner Cathy Curtis
7. Scholasticism in Quentin Skinner's Foundations H. M. Höpfl
8. Scholastic political thought and the modern concept of the state Annabel Brett
9. 'So meerly humane': theories of resistance in early modern Europe Martin van Gelderen
10. Hobbes and democracy Richard Tuck
11. A lion in the house: Hobbes and democracy Kinch Hoekstra
12. Hobbes and the foundations of modern international thought David Armitage
13. Surveying the Foundations: a retrospect and reassessment Quentin Skinner
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Editors
Annabel Brett, University of Cambridge
Annabel Brett is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College.
James Tully, University of Victoria, British Columbia
James Tully is Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Law, Indigenous Governance and Philosophy at the University of Victoria.
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Holly Hamilton-Bleakley
Holly Hamilton-Bleakley is an independent scholar.
Contributors
Mark Goldie, Holly Hamilton-Bleakley, J. G. A. Pocock, Marco Geuna, Warren Boutcher, Cathy Curtis, H. M. Höpfl, Annabel Brett, Martin van Gelderen, Richard Tuck, Kinch Hoekstra, David Armitage, Quentin Skinner