Quentin Skinner je prominentním historikem politického myšlení, jehož práce se zaměřuje na moderní pojetí státu. Je považován za klíčovou postavu vlivné 'cambridgeské školy', která se soustředí na zkoumání 'jazyků' politické myšlenky. Jeho vlivné dílo se zabývá vývojem státu od renesance po reformaci, přičemž klade důraz na historické kontexty a jazykové nástroje, jimiž byly politické ideje vyjadřovány. Skinnerův přístup zdůrazňuje, jak se významy politických pojmů utvářely a měnily v průběhu času.
Záměrem Skinnerových úvah je nastínit historické okolnosti, za nichž se zrodila změna v pojetí státu. Autor sleduje výskyt a způsob užití slova „stát“ v dílech pozdně středověkých, renesančních a raně novověkých autorů. Ukazuje, že jednoznačně moderní pojem státu je přítomno až u autorů konzervativního a absolutistického smýšlení. Jde především o Hobbese, jenž vypracovává pojetí státu jako mocenské entity nezávislé jak na osobě vládce, tak na celku občanů.
Publikace o životě a díle významného italského myslitele a politika.
The third of three volumes of essays by Quentin Skinner, one of the world's leading intellectual historians. This collection includes some of his most important work on the political thought of Thomas Hobbes, each of which has been carefully revised for publication in this form.
A two-volume study of political thought from the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century.
A two-volume study of political thought from the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century.
This collection of essays traces the relationship between families and states in the major countries of Western Europe since 1945, examining the power of states to shape family life and the capacity of families to influence states. Written by an exceptionally distinguished team of scholars, Families and States in Western Europe follows many narratives, allowing comparisons to be drawn between different countries. The essays point to numerous convergences, illustrating how states have coped with common problems arising at the level of family life, and exploring issues such as secularism, the pressure of multiculturalist demands and the growing rejection of welfare state principles. Families and States in Western Europe will be of interest to anyone analysing relations between civil society and the modern democratic state, and the place of the family within this relationship. This collection makes a significant contribution to current political theory and to our understanding of European family life in its many different forms.
The second of three volumes of essays by Quentin Skinner, one of the world's leading intellectual historians. This collection includes some of his most important work on the political thought of the Italian renaissance, each of which has been carefully revised for publication in this form.
Quentin Skinner offers a comprehensive reexamination of Hobbes' political theory, utilizing both manuscript and printed sources to unveil a new perspective on his intellectual evolution. The work highlights the transition from humanist to scientific thought in European moral and political philosophy. By contextualizing Hobbes' ideas within the framework of his humanist education, Skinner aims to reintegrate this complex philosopher into broader intellectual discussions, challenging the perception of his isolation in political theory.
This extended essay by one of the world's leading historians seeks, in its first part, to excavate and to vindicate, the neo-Roman theory of free citizens and free states as it developed in early modern Britain.
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.
