Visions of Politics v1 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521589260)

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=247

Author: Quentin Skinner
ISBN-10: 0521589266
ISBN-13: 9780521589260
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/09/2002
Pages: 225
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.12h x 5.96w x 0.59d

Review Citation(s):
New York Review of Books 05/26/2005 pg. 47