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Quentin Skinner

Liberty before Liberalism First PB Edition, First Printing

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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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0521638763
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978-0521638760
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First PB Edition, First Printing
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Cambridge University Press
Publication date

January 13, 1998
Language

English
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5.75 x 0.5 x 8.75 inches
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156 pages
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Sirin

Excavates a pre-liberal theory of liberty

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2008

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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sanyata

Good Volume on a Narrow Subject

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 8, 2008

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This is a well-reseached and concisely argued book which would get five stars if only Skinner would make some intuitive leaps to present the further conclusions of his findings in a manner more generally relevant to us. As it is, however, this is a masterly-crafted and important piece of a larger puzzle that will tell you everything you need to know about the philosophical positions regarding the subject, yet won't leave you with any clear picture on its own.

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