| Description |
xvii, 278 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The history of political thought : a methodological inquiry -- Working on ideas in time -- Verbalizing a political act : towards a politics of speech -- Political ideas as historical events : political philosophers as historical actors -- The reconstruction of discourse : towards the historiography of political thought -- The concept of a language and the métier d'historien : some considerations on practice -- Texts as events : reflections on the history of political thought -- Quentin Skinner : the history of politics and the politics of history -- The origins of study of the past : a comparative approach -- Time, institutions and action : an essay on traditions and their understanding -- The historian as political actor in polity, society and academy -- The politics of history : the subaltern and the subversive -- The politics of historiography |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Political science.
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Political science -- History.
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| LC no. |
2008027834 |
| ISBN |
9780521886574 hardback |
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0521886570 hardback |
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9780521714068 paperback |
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0521714060 paperback |
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