Political thought and history:essays on theory and method

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pocock J. G. A (John Greville Agard), 1924-
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, UK New York
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xvii, 278 p.: ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9780521886574 (hbk.)
0521886570 (hbk.)
9780521714068 (pbk.)
0521714060 (pbk.)
Index Number: D0
CLC: D0
Call Number: D0/P741
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
The history of political thought : a methodological inquiry -- Working on ideas in time -- Verbalizing a political act : towards a politics of speech -- Political ideas as historical events : political philosophers as historical actors -- The reconstruction of discourse : towards the historiography of political thought -- The concept of a language and the métier d'historien : some considerations on practice -- Texts as events : reflections on the history of political thought -- Quentin Skinner : the history of politics and the politics of history -- The origins of study of the past : a comp