Political thought and history : essays on theory and method /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pocock, J. G. A. (John Greville Agard), 1924-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Subjects:	Political science. Political science > History.

Table of 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.