{"product_id":"visions-of-politics-hardback-9780521581059","title":"Visions of Politics (Hardback) 9780521581059","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVisions of Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst of three volumes of essays by Quentin Skinner,  one of the world's leading historians.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eQuentin Skinner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521581059, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 September 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e228 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.2 cm, 0.509 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e' … this is a deeply impressive collection which displays Skinner's exceptional range.' The New York Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe first of three volumes of essays by Quentin Skinner, one of the world's leading intellectual historians. This collection includes some of his most important philosophical and methodological statements written over the past four decades, each carefully revised for publication in this form. In a series of seminal essays Professor Skinner sets forth the intellectual principles that inform his work. Writing as a practising historian, he considers the theoretical difficulties inherent in the pursuit of knowledge and interpretation, and elucidates the methodology which finds its expression in his two successive volumes. All of Professor Skinner's work is characterised by philosophical power, limpid clarity, and elegance of exposition; these essays, many of which are now recognised classics, provide a fascinating and convenient digest of the development of his thought. Professor Skinner has been awarded the Balzan Prize Life Time Achievement Award for  Political Thought, History and Theory. Full details of this award can be found at http:\/\/www.balzan.it\/News_eng.aspx?ID=2474\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGeneral preface\u003cbr\u003e Full contents: volumes 1–3\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Conventions\u003cbr\u003e Volume 1: Regarding Method: 1. Introduction: seeing things their way\u003cbr\u003e 2. The practice of history and the cult of the fact\u003cbr\u003e 3. Interpretation, rationality and truth\u003cbr\u003e 4. Meaning and understanding in the history of ideas\u003cbr\u003e 5. Motives, intentions and interpretation\u003cbr\u003e 6. Interpretation and the understanding of speech acts\u003cbr\u003e 7.  'Social meaning' and the explanation of social action\u003cbr\u003e 8. Moral principles and social change\u003cbr\u003e 9. The idea of a cultural lexicon\u003cbr\u003e 10. Retrospect: studying rhetoric and conceptual change\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Educational: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Educational: History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Educational:%20History%20%5BYQH%5D%22\"\u003eYQH\u003c\/a\u003e], Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e], History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e], History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913262227736,"sku":"9780521581059","price":83.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521581059i_27c48b91-fd17-4a91-8233-23a089897393.jpg?v=1691370021","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/visions-of-politics-hardback-9780521581059","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}