Quentin Skinner's classic study The Foundations of Modern Political Thought was first published by Cambridge in 1978. This was the first of a series of outstanding publications that have changed forever the way the history of political thought is taught and practised. Rethinking the Foundations of Modern Political Thought looks afresh at the impact of the original work, asks wh...(展开全部)

A two-volume study of political thought from the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century, the decisive period of transition from medieval to modern political theory. The work is intended to be both an introduction to the period for students, and a presentation and justification of a particular approach to the interpretation of historical texts. Quentin Skinner gives...(展开全部)

A two-volume study of political thought from the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century, the decisive period of transition from medieval to modern political theory. The work is intended to be both an introduction to the period for students, and a presentation and justification of a particular approach to the interpretation of historical texts. Quentin Skinner gives...(展开全部)

Between the early seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, major European political thinkers first began to look outside their national borders and envisage a world of competitive, equal sovereign states inhabiting an international sphere that ultimately encompassed the whole globe. In this insightful and wide-ranging work, David Armitage - one of the world's leading historian...(展开全部)

Between the early seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, major European political thinkers first began to look outside their national borders and envisage a world of competitive, equal sovereign states inhabiting an international sphere that ultimately encompassed the whole globe. In this insightful and wide-ranging work, David Armitage - one of the world's leading historian...(展开全部)

A stimulating introduction to central issues of political theory, including liberty, rights and the state, and the claims of need and politics.

[英]伊安·汉普歇尔-蒙克，英国埃克塞特大学政治理论教席荣休教授，享誉国际的《政治思想史》（History of Political Thought）杂志创刊主编，其著述包括《现代政治思想史：从霍布斯到马克思》《比较视野中的概念史》 《政治理论中的概念和理性》等，作品多次被翻译为法文、德文、西班牙文、葡萄牙文、荷兰文、土耳其文和韩文。

伊夫-夏尔•扎卡（Yves Charles Zarka），巴黎大学哲学荣休教授，当代法国著名政治哲学家，现代政治思想史领域杰出学者。法国学术季刊《城邦》、法文评注版《霍布斯全集》以及“政治的基础”“哲学与社会”等丛书的主编。曾在法国国家科学研究院（CNRS）创立托马斯•霍布斯中心并担任该中心及现代哲学史中心主任。其主要研究领域为现代政治哲学理论、霍布斯研究、当代欧洲问题等。著有《霍布斯的形而上学决断》（1987）、《霍布斯与现代政治思想》（1995）、《古典时期的哲学与政治学》（1998）、《大地的不可占有：一种哲学重建的原则》（2013）、《重建世界主义》（2014）等，与哈贝马斯合著《重塑欧洲》（2012）。

Was Hobbes the first great architect of modern political philosophy? Highly critical of the classical tradition in philosophy, particularly Aristotle, Hobbes thought that he had established a new science of morality and politics. Devin Stauffer here delves into Hobbes's critique of the classical tradition, making this oft-neglected aspect of the philosopher's thought the basis ...(展开全部)

What does it mean for China to be modern, or for modernity to be Chinese? How is the notion of historical rupture—a fundamental distinction between tradition and modernity—compatible or not with the history of Chinese thought? These questions animate The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought, a sprawling intellectual history considered one of the most significant achievements of moder...(展开全部)