Quentin Skinner Book order

List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations and conventions; 1. Introduction; 2. Classical rhetoric and the personation of the state; 3. Machiavelli on misunderstanding princely virtù; 4. Judicial rhetoric in The Merchant of Venice; 5. Rhetorical redescription and its uses in Shakespeare; 6. The generation of John Milton at Cambridge; 7. Rethinking liberty in the English revolution; 8. Hobbes on civil conversation; 9. Hobbes on political representation; 10. Hobbes and the humanist frontispiece; 11. Hobbes on hereditary right; 12. Hobbes and the concept of the state; Bibliographies; Manuscript sources; Primary printed sources; Secondary sources; Index.

Contemporary political theorists frequently say that there is only one coherent way of thinking about liberty, and that it consists in recognizing that an individual is free so long as there is no interference with the exercise of his powers. The author shows that this is highly one-sided by tracing a genealogy that considers different ways of thin

Forensic Shakespeare has all the qualities of erudition and lucidity one would expect from Quentin Skinner. Neil Rhodes, Around the Globe

This comprehensive study of republicanism as a shared European heritage, edited by Professors Skinner and van Gelderen, explores anti-monarchism, citizenship, and civic humanism from 1500 to 1800 in Volume I. Volume II examines key republican values and the role of women, alongside the relationship between republicanism and early modern commercial society.

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 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.

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.

A dazzling comparison of two rival theories about the nature of human liberty.

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.

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.