This extended essay by one of the world's leading historians seeks, in its first part, to excavate and vindicate the neo-Roman theory of free citizens and free states as it developed in early modern Britain. This analysis leads to a powerful defense of the nature, purposes and goals of intellectual history and the history of ideas. In this concise yet powerful account, derived from his inaugural lecture as Regius Professor at Cambridge, Quentin Skinner provides one of the most substantial statements yet made about the importance, relevance and excitement of this form of historical enquiry.
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"Skinner cuts through the brambles and enchantment of our blinding liberal consensus to reveal the hidden castle of an earlier pattern of thought." M.N.S. Sellers, Philosophy in Review
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In this extended essay Quentin Skinner seeks both to excavate, and to vindicate, the neo-Roman theory of free citizens and free states as it developed in early-modern Britain, and also to provide a powerful defence of the nature, purposes and goals of intellectual history and the history of ideas.
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Slim but packed with first rate scholarship, Skinner mines conceptions of Liberty pre-Enlightenment. What is freedom really? Is a slave free if his master is lenient and gives him license to roam? Drawing on authors such as Hobbes, Milton, Locke, Thomas More Skinner explores what he calls a neo-Roman theory of liberty. A core of a sphere of freedom for the individual apart from the intrusive perogatives of kings and masters. Highly recommended for the intelligent political thinker who wants to explore ideas of liberty as they stretch back before the modern era.
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This is very interesting work. The classical republican, or as the author calla it the "neo-roman" thread of thought is dealt with extensively and profoundly within this slim volume. To be honest, I picked this book up primarily because of the text pertaining to Algernon Sidney, which is relatively rare. But, there is also very much of interest in his comments on other authors such as John Milton.
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When civil war broke out in England in 1642, the ideological initiative was at first seized by the opponents of Charles I's regime. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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John Hall, Algernon Sidney, Henry Parker, John Locke, Machiavelli's Discorsi, Hobbes's Leviathan, Oliver Cromwell, Rump Parliament, The Annals New!
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When civil war broke out in England in 1642, the ideological initiative was at first seized by the opponents of Charles I's regime. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
civitas libera, roman theory, free commonwealth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Hall, Algernon Sidney, Henry Parker, John Locke, Machiavelli's Discorsi, Hobbes's Leviathan, Oliver Cromwell, Rump Parliament, The Annals New!
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- Two Treatises of Government by John Locke on 6 pages
- Milton and Republicanism (Ideas in Context) by David Armitage on 4 pages
- The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates by John Milton on page 19, page 75, and Back Matter
- Culture and Politics in Early Stuart England by Kevin Sharpe in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Commonwealth of Oceana by James Harrington on page 15, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Rethinking the Foundations of Modern Political Thought by Annabel Brett on 20 pages
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- Talking Democracy: Historical Perspectives on Rhetoric and Democracy by Benedetto Fontana in Front Matter, page 35, and page 278
- Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and Government [Oxford Political Theory Series] by Philip Pettit in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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