Rethinking The Foundations of Modern Political Thought
Rethinking <I>The Foundations of Modern Political Thought</I>
James Tully, University of Victoria, British Columbia
Holly Hamilton-Bleakley
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
Reviews & endorsements
"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
Product details
January 2007Hardback
9780521849791
310 pages
229 × 152 × 19 mm
0.59kg
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
- Bibliography.
