VisionsofPolitics
- 作者
- 出版社 CambridgeUniversityPress
- 出版时间 2002年9月
- ISBN 9780521813686
- 定价 733.30
内容简介
ThethirdofthreevolumesofessaysbyQuentinSkinner,oneoftheworld'sleadingintellectualhistorians.ThiscollectionincludessomeofhismostimportantessaysonThomasHobbes,eachofwhichhasbeencarefullyrevisedforpublicationinthisform.InaseriesofwritingsspanningthepastfourdecadesProfessorSkinnerexamines,withhiscustomaryperspicuity,theevolutionandcharacterofHobbes'spoliticalthought.Anindispensableworkinitsownright,thisvolumealsoservesasademonstrationofthosemethodologicaltheoriespropoundedinVolumeI,andasanappositionalcommentaryontheRenaissancevaluesofcivicvirtuetreatedinVolumeII.AllofProfessorSkinner'sworkischaracterisedbyphilosophicalpower,limpidclarity,andeleganceofexposition;theseessays,manyofwhicharenowrecognisedclassics,provideafascinatingandconvenientdigestofthedevelopmentofhisthought.ProfesserSkinnerhasbeenawardedtheBalzanPrizeLifeTimeAchievementAwardforPoliticalThought,HistoryandTheory.Fulldetailsofthisawardcanbefoundathttp://www.balzan.it/News_eng.aspx?ID=2474
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