| Description |
1 online resource (x, 298 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 The context of The Foundations; 2 Linguistic philosophy and The Foundations; 3 Foundations and moments; 4 Skinner, pre-humanist rhetorical culture and Machiavelli; 5 Unoriginal authors: how to do things with texts in the Renaissance; 6 'The Best State of the Commonwealth': Thomas More and Quentin Skinner; 7 Scholasticism in Quentin Skinner's Foundations; 8 Scholastic political thought and the modern concept of the state; 9 'So meerly humane': theories of resistance in early-modern Europe; 10 Hobbes and democracy |
| Summary |
Quentin Skinner's classic study The Foundations of Modern Political Thought was first published by Cambridge in 1978. This volume 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-287) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Skinner, Quentin. Foundations of modern political thought
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| SUBJECT |
Skinner, Quentin 1940- gnd |
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Skinner, Quentin 1940- The Foundations of Modern Political Thought gnd |
| Subject |
Political science -- History.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- General.
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Political science.
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Politische Theorie
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Politisches Denken
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Politieke filosofie.
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Statsvetenskap -- historia.
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Statsvetenskap -- teori, filosofi.
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Europa (geografie)
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brett, Annabel S
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Tully, James, 1946-
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Hamilton-Bleakley, Holly
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| ISBN |
0511260601 |
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9780511260605 |
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9780511261176 |
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0511261179 |
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0511259352 |
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9780511259357 |
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0511260008 |
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9780511260001 |
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9780511618376 |
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0511618379 |
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