This book is the first comprehensive exposition of the work of one of the most important intellectual historians and political theorists writing today.
Quentin Skinner's treatment of political theory as a dimension of political life marks a revolutionary move in the historical as well as the philosophical study of political thought. Skinner brings the study of political theory closer to the language of agents and treats theorists as politicians of a special kind. This is as true of his accounts of his contemporaries, such as Rawls, Rorty, Geertz and Habermas, as it is of...
This book is the first comprehensive exposition of the work of one of the most important intellectual historians and political theorists writing today...
This book is the first comprehensive exposition of the work of one of the most important intellectual historians and political theorists writing today.
Quentin Skinner's treatment of political theory as a dimension of political life marks a revolutionary move in the historical as well as the philosophical study of political thought. Skinner brings the study of political theory closer to the language of agents and treats theorists as politicians of a special kind. This is as true of his accounts of his contemporaries, such as Rawls, Rorty, Geertz and Habermas, as it is of...
This book is the first comprehensive exposition of the work of one of the most important intellectual historians and political theorists writing today...
This collection deals with the place of parliamentary politics in democracy. Apparently a truism, parliamentarism is a missing research object in democratic theory and is a devalued institutional reference in democratic politics. Yet, the parliamentary culture of politics historically explains the rise and fall of modern democracies. In early 20th-century political thought, the relationships between democracy and parliamentarism were at the focus of the agenda. In the post-war era, the study of politics has taken the parliament for granted, meaning its analysis has been, on the whole, limited...
This collection deals with the place of parliamentary politics in democracy. Apparently a truism, parliamentarism is a missing research object in demo...
This book explicates how debates and documents can be understood, interpreted and analysed as political action. The authors deploy the perspective that debates are to be understood as political activity, and documents can be regarded as frozen debates.
This book explicates how debates and documents can be understood, interpreted and analysed as political action. The authors deploy the perspective tha...
The parliamentary style of politics has been formed over centuries; In the last two chapters, the book outlines the possibilities of extending parliamentary judgment to politics beyond parliaments proper and the chances for parliamentary politics succeeding today.
The parliamentary style of politics has been formed over centuries; In the last two chapters, the book outlines the possibilities of extending parliam...
