Quentin Skinner introduces Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine diplomat, politician, and the writer known for that most infamous Early Modern work, The Prince. He explores Machiavelli's theory of princely virtu, tracing its roots in ancient historians and moralists, and considering its influence on contemporary politics.
Dünyanin yasayan en önemli tarihcilerinden biri oldugu kabul edilen Quentin Skinner, insan özgürlügünün dogasina dair iki rakip teoriden söz ediyor bu calismasinda. Ilki, Rönesans Italyasinda boy veren, Roma kökenli cumhuriyetcilik gelenegidir. Digeri ise Hobbesun basini cektigi ve bugün hala yaygin bicimde tartisilan itirazdir. Buna göre, Ingiliz Ic Savasi boyunca temellendirilen radikal ve parlamenter iddialar insan özgürlügü tartismasinin t...
»Thomas Hobbes and the Person of the State«
What do we mean when we refer to the state? Is the state a concept political theorists still need to concern themselves with today? Quentin Skinner explores these questions in the second Carl Schmitt Lecture to elucidate a common misunderstanding. When we talk about states, we do not simply mean governments. Skinner analyses the first and to the present day most famous theory to make such a claim: T...
Based on Quentin Skinner's Clarendon Lectures in English~Provides new interpretations of some of Shakespeare's most studied works~Expands our awareness of Shakespeare's own reading~Written in a lively and accessible style
Quentin Skinner highlights the use of judicial rhetoric in some of Shakespeare's most famous works, shedding new light on Shakespeare's reading and the intellectual base of his work.
An internationally distinguished team of contributors explore the richness, diversity and complexity of ideas about freedom across early modern Europe, shedding fresh light on the tension between religious freedom and constitutional liberties, debates about the relationship between free persons and free states, and freedom as the ideal of citizenship.
This major work from Quentin Skinner presents a fundamental reappraisal of the political theory of Hobbes. Using, for the first time, the full range of manuscript as well as printed sources, it documents an entirely new view of Hobbes' intellectual development, and reexamines the shift from a humanist to a scientific culture in European moral and political thought. By examining Hobbes' philosophy against the background of his humanist educatio...
Quentin Skinner ist einer der profiliertesten Historiker der Gegenwart und führender Kopf der »Cambridge School of Intellectual History«. Seine Neubegründung der Ideengeschichte auf der Grundlage der Sprachphilosophie Wittgensteins und der Sprechakttheorie Austins sowie seine daran geschulte Auseinandersetzung mit Klassikern des politischen Denkens sind international breit rezipiert worden und bilden eine höchst originelle Alternative zu der h...
Quentin Skinner ist einer der weltweit bedeutendsten Historiker der politischen Theorie und Ideengeschichte, der es wie kaum ein anderer versteht, systematische Einsicht mit historischer Genauigkeit zu verbinden. Davon zeugen auch seine Frankfurter Adorno-Vorlesungen aus dem Jahr 2005, die nun als Buch vorliegen. Gedanklich geschlossen und rhetorisch brillant, erläutert Skinner darin Hobbes`Lehre von der Freiheit nicht nur als Angelpunkt einer...
Coverage of the Western European experience is wide-ranging in this survey of perceptions of the state, its history, and prospects in the contemporary world. The greatest post-colonial democratic state, India, is also discussed as an important comparative example. Contributions by a distinguished pan-European team of authors ensure this study's value to students and teachers of the history of ideas, political theory and European studies.
