Rethinking the foundations of modern political thought / edited by Annabel Brett and James Tully with Holly Hamilton-Bleakley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brett, Annabel S.

Tully, James, 1946-

Hamilton-Bleakley, Holly.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skinner, Quentin. Foundations of modern political thought.

Skinner, Quentin.

Political science--History.

Political science.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 298 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

A fresh look at the impact of Quentin Skinner's The Foundations of Modern Political Thought.

Contents:

1 The context of The Foundations / Mark Goldie 3

2 Linguistic philosophy and The Foundations / Holly Hamilton-Bleakley 20

Part II Rethinking the foundations

3 Foundations and moments / J. G. A. Pocock 37

4 Skinner, pre-humanist rhetorical culture and Machiavelli / Marco Geuna 50

5 Unoriginal authors: how to do things with texts in the Renaissance / Warren Boutcher 73

6 'The Best State of the Commonwealth': Thomas More and Quentin Skinner / Cathy Curtis 93

7 Scholasticism in Quentin Skinner's Foundations / H. M. Hopfl 113

8 Scholastic political thought and the modern concept of the state / Annabel Brett 130

9 'So meerly humane': theories of resistance in early-modern Europe / Martin van Gelderen 149

10 Hobbes and democracy / Richard Tuck 171

11 A lion in the house: Hobbes and democracy / Kinch Hoekstra 191

12 Hobbes and the foundations of modern international thought / David Armitage 219

13 Surveying The Foundations: a retrospect and reassessment / Quentin Skinner 236.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-287) and index.

ISBN:

0521849799

9780521849791

0521615038

9780521615037

OCLC:

71347507