Political thought and history : essays on theory and method

Political thought and history : essays on theory and method / J.G.A. Pocock.

Author/creator	Pocock, J. G. A. (John Greville Agard), 1924-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description	xvii, 278 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Political science. Political science--History.

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 note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2008027834
ISBN	9780521886574 (hbk.)
ISBN	0521886570 (hbk.)
ISBN	9780521714068 (pbk.)
ISBN	0521714060 (pbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	JA 71 .P58 2009	✔ Available	Place Hold