Table of Contents

Preface James Tully and Annabel Brett; Part I. Introduction: 1. The context of the Foundations Mark Goldie; 2. Linguistic philosophy and the Foundations Holly Hamilton-Bleakley; Part II. Rethinking the Foundations: 3. Foundations and moments J. G. A. Pocock; 4. Skinner, pre-Humanistic rhetorical culture and Machiavelli Marco Geuna; 5. Unoriginal authors: how to do things with texts in the Renaissance Warren Boutcher; 6. 'The best state of the Commonwealth': Thomas More and Quentin Skinner Cathy Curtis; 7. Scholasticism in Quentin Skinner's Foundations H. M. Höpfl; 8. Scholastic political thought and the modern concept of the state Annabel Brett; 9. 'So meerly humane': theories of resistance in early modern Europe Martin van Gelderen; 10. Hobbes and democracy Richard Tuck; 11. A lion in the house: Hobbes and democracy Kinch Hoekstra; 12. Hobbes and the foundations of modern international thought David Armitage; 13. Surveying the Foundations: a retrospect and reassessment Quentin Skinner; Bibliography.

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A fresh look at the impact of Quentin Skinner's The Foundations of Modern Political Thought.

About the Author

Annabel Brett is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College. James Tully is Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Law, Indigenous Governance and Philosophy at the University of Victoria. Holly Hamilton-Bleakley is an independent scholar.

Reviews

"For fans of Skinner's work, Rethinking will be a desirable addition to their library, and even critics of Skinner can learn from this book...[Annabel Brett's] contribution lives up to the expectations set by the book title by asking what place Jesuit political thought of the second scholastic has in the foundations of modern political thought, when it does not fit in either of the two modes of political modernity highlighted by Skinner." -Kang Chen, Houston Community College, The Journal of Politics