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Political Thought and History: Essays on Theory and Method
J. G .A. Pocock
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Description for Political Thought and History: Essays on Theory and Method
Paperback. Selected essays of arguably the greatest and most influential historian of ideas of modern times. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 468.
John Pocock is arguably the most original and imaginative historian of ideas of modern times. Over the past half century he has created an audience for his work which is truly global, and he has marked the way in which the history of political thought is studied as deeply and personally as any historian of the period. The essays in this major new collection are selected from a lifetime of thinking about political thought, and how we should study it in history. What in fact does it mean to write the history of a political society, and what kind of ... Read more
John Pocock is arguably the most original and imaginative historian of ideas of modern times. Over the past half century he has created an audience for his work which is truly global, and he has marked the way in which the history of political thought is studied as deeply and personally as any historian of the period. The essays in this major new collection are selected from a lifetime of thinking about political thought, and how we should study it in history. What in fact does it mean to write the history of a political society, and what kind of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
401g
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521714068
SKU
V9780521714068
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About J. G .A. Pocock
Professor John Pocock, Honorary Fellow of St John's Cambridge, is the Harry C. Black Emeritus Professor of History at The Johns Hopkins University. His many seminal works on intellectual history include The Ancient Constitution and the Feudal Law (1957, second edition 1987), Politics, Language and Time (1971), The Machiavellian Moment (1975), and Virtue, Commerce and History (1985). He has edited ... Read more
Reviews for Political Thought and History: Essays on Theory and Method
'Although his writing demands a great deal of concentration … nowhere is it other than fresh, cogent and provocative. … is usefully illustrative, and offers insights that all who aspire to the study of intellectual history (in its broadest sense) can heed.' English Historical Review