The history of political and social concepts : a critical introduction / Melvin Richter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richter, Melvin, 1921- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--History.

Political science.

Sociology--History.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 204 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text outlines and illustrates a new approach to intellectual history, the history of "concepts". In contrast with to the study of more traditional units of analysis, conceptual history stresses historical contexts, seeking to combine the history of ideas and language with social history.

Contents:

Introduction

Charting the history of political and social concepts

The Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe : relating political and social concepts to structural change

The history of the concept of Herrschaft in the Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe

The place of concepts in the history of mentalités : the Handbuch of French political and social concepts

Innovation and critique in the Handbuch

Pocock, Skinner, and Begriffsgeschichte

"By the sufferance of wise men" : a call for a history of political and social concepts in English

Appendix A: Concepts treated in the Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe

Appendix B: Concepts treated in the Handbuch.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-192) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1995.

ISBN:

0-19-773351-4

1-280-44293-X

0-19-535852-X

1-60129-971-0

OCLC:

252549764