Quentin Skinner : history, politics, rhetoric by Palonen, Kari, 1947- instant download

Quentin Skinner : history, politics, rhetoric by Palonen, Kari, 1947- instant download

viii, 207 pages ; 24 cm, \"This volume charts Skinner's work from the early 1960s right up to the present, including his most recent studies in the theory of persuasive speech, and is organized around five major themes: history, linguistic action, political thought, liberty and rhetoric. It pays particular attention to Skinner's work in relation to that of continental thinkers, especially Max Weber and Reinhart Koselleck.\" \"The book will be essential reading for students and scholars of political and social theory, history, philosophy and cultural studies.\"--BOOK JACKET, Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-199) and indexes, A Revolution in the Study of Political Though -- A Political Reading -- History as an Argument -- The Death of Political Philosophy? -- The Defence of the Historian: Laslett and Pocock -- The Historical as a Criterion -- The Politics of History -- Theories as Moves -- Intelligibility of Politics as Activity -- The Action Perspective on Political Thought -- Ideas and Concepts as Moves in Argument -- Conventions and Intentions -- Legitimation of Action -- The Innovating Ideologist -- Linguistic Action and its Legitimation -- The Foundations: A History of Theory Politics -- Genres of Studying Political Thought -- Why Foundations? -- The Matrix of Questions -- Ideologies and Legitimation -- The Formation of the Concept of the State -- From the History of Ideas Towards a History of Concepts -- The Skinnerian Revolution -- Rethinking Political Liberty -- Liberty as the Contested Concept Par Excellence -- Revising the Conceptual History of Liberty -- Liberty of the City-republics -- Machiavelli as a Philosopher of Liberty -- Hobbes on Natural Liberty and the Liberty of Subjects -- The Neo-Roman Theorists: Liberty vs. Dependence -- Intervention in the Contemporary Debate -- A Profile on the History and Theory of Liberty -- From Philosophy to Rhetoric -- The Rise of Rhetoric -- Rhetorical Philosophy: Wittgenstein and Austin -- Skinners…