The first of three volumes of essays by Quentin Skinner, one of the
world's leading intellectual historians. This collection includes some
of his most important philosophical and methodological statements
written over the past four decades, each carefully revised for
publication in this form. In a series of seminal essays Professor
Skinner sets forth the intellectual principles that inform his work.
Writing as a practising historian, he considers the theoretical
difficulties inherent in the pursuit of knowledge and interpretation,
and elucidates the methodology which finds its expression in his two
successive volumes. All of Professor Skinner's work is characterised
by philosophical power, limpid clarity, and elegance of exposition;
these essays, many of which are now recognised classics, provide a
fascinating and convenient digest of the development of his thought.
Professor Skinner has been awarded the Balzan Prize Life Time
Achievement Award for Political Thought, History and Theory. Full
details of this award can be found at
http://www.balzan.it/News_eng.aspx?ID=2474
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ISBN
9781139930475
Publisert
2014
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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