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	Quentin Skinner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Quentin Robert Duthie Skinner is Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University.
		Skinner's particular contribution was to articulate a theory of interpretation which concentrated on recovering the author's intentions in writing classic works of political theory (Machiavelli, Thomas More, and Thomas Hobbes have been continuing preoccupations).
		Skinner's longstanding concern with the speech acts of political writing helps explain his turn at the beginning of the 1990s towards the role of neo-classical rhetoric in early modern political theory, which resulted in his study of Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes (1996).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quentin_Skinner (678 words)

	Skinner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Skinner (computing), a person who creates "skins" (customized graphical user interfaces) for a computer software.
		Samuel K. Skinner (1938-) - White House Chief of Staff during the presidency of George H. Bush.
		Seymour Skinner (Principal Skinner) - Springfield elementary school principal in The Simpsons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skinner (358 words)

	Voice of the Turtle - Comrade of the Printer
		Skinner the intellectual historian can certainly be faulted for not paying too much attention to the broader institutional contexts from which his political actors speak.
		Skinner argues that the neo-Roman world of liberty which we have lost was replaced, sometime in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, with the "liberalism" which "we" are so familiar with today.
		Skinner's argument is akin to the suggestion that, because academic Physicists today believe the theory of relativity, none of us are able to tell the time in day to day life.
	voiceoftheturtle.org /printer/reviews/books/jon_skinner.shtml (1617 words)

	Thomas Hobbes, Alan Cromartie (ed.), Quentin Skinner (ed.) - Writings on Common Law and Hereditary Right, consisting of ...
		Skinner argues that the handwriting of the question is that of the fourth earl of Cavendish, and argues on the basis of the history of the Exclusion controversy and Cavendish's role in it that Cavendish likely posted the question to Hobbes from Parliament in early summer 1679.
		Skinner does suggest that we may have intimations of development of Hobbes's theory of rights, and of his views on how, concretely, sovereigns are instituted (Writings, pp.
		We are greatly in Cromartie's and Skinner's debts for the quality of their editing work on these texts and their historically rich introductions that supply the intellectual, political, and personal context for their composition.
	ndpr.nd.edu /review.cfm?id=4901 (1700 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Books
		Professor Skinner raises some vital issues faced by historians and political scientists in the pursuit of historical knowledge and interpretations; and with his sharp analytical rigour and scholarly apparatus, he tries to resolve these by suggesting a new mode of thinking.
		Skinner goes further than Butterfield in Chapter 8 by maintaining that there are a large number of people who do not profess moral principles nor may have any notion of them, and yet their conduct shows high moral rectitude.
		Skinner, on the other hand, thinks that history is intrinsically a rigorous discipline of studying the past, and understanding the present.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040404/spectrum/book1.htm (857 words)

	The Voice of the Turtle
		For Skinner, ideas do not "cause" political events because political actors are noble individuals who stick to their principles; in his more subtle account of causality, concepts are used to legitimise and defend conduct, frequently after the event.
		The other Skinner, Quentin Skinner the political theorist, is less meticulous Rather than placing ideas in their immediate intellectual contexts or locating concepts in the cut and thrust of immediate political debate, he charts broadly schematised ideas very much out of context.
		In the interstices between his reconstruction of neo-Roman political thought Skinner counters a number of objections to the belief that dependence is itself a form of constraint.
	voiceoftheturtle.org /show_article.php?aid=152 (3219 words)

	Countrybookshop.co.uk - Quentin Skinner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Quentin Skinner's treatment of political theory as a dimension of political life marks a revolutionary move in the historical as well as the philosophical study of political thought.
		Skinner brings the study of political theory closer to the language of agents and treats theorists as politicians of a special kind.
		Skinner has become internationally renowned for this approach, which ties together historical and contemporary analysis in order to integrate the study of the past and the present, and which tries fully to uncover the historical context and development of key concepts in political theory such as freedom and the state.
	www.countrybookshop.co.uk /books/index.phtml?whatfor=0745628567 (372 words)

	Amazon.ca: Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes: Books: Quentin Skinner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Skinner's splendid book provides compelling reason why we should engage in the study of intellectual history...'.
		This major work from Quentin Skinner presents a fundamental reappraisal of the political theory of Hobbes.
		By examining Hobbes' philosophy against the background of his humanist education, Professor Skinner rescues this most difficult and challenging of political philosophers from the intellectual isolation in which he is so often discussed.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0521596459 (379 words)

	Righteous Anger at the Wicked States: The Meaning of the Founders' Constitution: What does Quentin Skinner (Words are ...
		The book argues that the Founders' anger at the states for their recurring breaches of duty to the united cause explains both critical steps and the driving impetus for the revolution.
		Quentin Skinner is most wonderful in insisting that we look at all words in strict hsitorical context, blind as they were as to the future.
		We who can see the next 220 years (the future is past to us) need to have the words cover decisions now, so we forget the founders could not see the future and we impute prescience to them.
	www.utexas.edu /law/faculty/calvinjohnson/RighteousAnger/blog/2006/07/what-does-quentin-skinner-words-are.html (1603 words)

	Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes - Cambridge University Press
		This major new work from Quentin Skinner presents a fundamental reappraisal of the political theory of Hobbes.
		By examining Hobbes's philosophy against the background of his humanist education, Professor Skinner rescues this most difficult and challenging of political philosophers from the intellectual isolation in which he is so often discussed.
		'Quentin Skinner's Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes is a monumental work which has joined his earlier two-volume Foundations of Modern Political Thought (1978) as a massive contribution to our understanding of late medieval and early modern political theory.' London Review of Books
	www.cup.cam.ac.uk /catalogue/print.asp?isbn=0521554365&print=y (469 words)

	Dr. Quentin Skinner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Thorne, M.S., Q.D. Skinner, M.A. Smith, J.D. Rodgers, W.A. Laycock, and J.L. Dodd.
		Skinner, Q.D. Stubble Height and Function of Riparian Communities, In: Stubble Height and Utilization Measurements: Uses and Misuses.
		Skinner, Q.D. A Futuristic Megalab in Wyoming, Environmental Health Perspectives, Journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 102:1:60-61.
	uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu /RenewableResources/range/skinner.htm (1162 words)

	MPR Books - "Do I Look Like a Daddy to You?" by Quentin Skinner
		Skinner says he couldn't find many good daddy-oriented advice books when fatherhood was looming in his future, so he wrote his own guy-to-guy guide on becoming a dad.
		Skinner also wrote, with Martin Huxley, The Day the Music Died.
		Here, with the infinite wisdom of hindsight, is his survival guide for first-time fathers everywhere, filled with hilarious anecdotes and practical advice on how to negotiate that critical first year of your baby's wonderful life.
	www.mpr.org /books/titles/skinner_doilooklikeadaddy.shtml (304 words)

	The New York Review of Books: NOT GREEK TO THEM
		Quentin Skinner's fine review of Richard Rorty's Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature [NYR, March 19] makes an error that is fundamental rather than incidental to the debate over the end of philosophy.
		Heidegger and Professor Skinner can only be refuted by demonstrating that the separation of mind and body is not only a reality in ancient Greek philosophy but is also integral to it qua philosophy.
		The importance of this seemingly small quibble is that it reveals the "end of philosophy" question to be roughly the same kind of muddle that Professor Skinner complains about in his comments on Locke and Kant.
	www.nybooks.com /articles/6851 (626 words)

	SKINNER, Quentin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Quentin Skinner: Picturing Perfect Government: the Frescoes of Ambrogio Lorenzetti in Siena
		Quentin Skinner, 1940 in Oldham/Lancashire geboren, lehrt seit 1979 Geistesgeschichte und Politische Philosophie an der Universität Cambridge/UK.
		Quentin Skinner wird der Frage nachgehen, wie die politische Vision einer idealen res publica beschaffen ist, die hier bildlich fassbar geworden ist.
	www.wiko-berlin.de /kolleg/fellows/fruefell/fl0304/skinner?druck=druck&hpl=3 (811 words)

	Amazon.com: Visions of Politics (Visions of Politics (Paperback)): Books: Quentin Skinner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Skinner's ability to combine political and philosophical insight with minute knowledge of several centuries of political literature is awe inspiring.' Robert Sugden, Times Higher Education Supplement
		All of Professor Skinner's work is characterised by philosophical power, limpid clarity, and elegance of exposition; these essays, many of which are now recognised classics, provide a fascinating and convenient digest of the development of his thought.
		Skinner is one of few scholars who can authoritatively explain the intricate and reflexive history of western political thought (especially if you are confined to English language books only) while still holding one's complete attention.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521589258?v=glance (981 words)

	Amazon.de: Meaning and Context: Quentin Skinner and His Critics: English Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Quentin Skinner is one of the leading thinkers in the social sciences and humanities today.
		Since the publication of his first important articles some two decades ago, debate has continued to develop over his distinctive contributions to contemporary political philosophy, the history of political theory, the philosophy of social science, and the discussion of interpretation and hermeneutics across the humanities and social sciences.
		The editorial introduction provides a systematic overview of the evolution of Skinner's work and of the main reactions to it.
	www.amazon.de /exec/obidos/ASIN/0691023018 (390 words)

	Book Review \| Histories of ideas
		THIS expanded version of Quentin Skinner's inaugural lecture as Regius Professor of History at Cambridge University tells the story of the idea of liberty before the rise of the modern belief, most eloquently expressed by Isaiah Berlin, that liberty essentially means that "I am not prevented by other persons from doing what I want."
		The older theory of liberty, which Mr Skinner dubs "the neo-Roman theory" on the grounds that it was based on classical texts and Roman law, took as its theme the relationship between the freedom of subjects and the powers of the state.
		Mr Skinner is engaged in an intervention in contemporary political debate, not just an exercise in antiquarianism.
	www.manhattan-institute.org /html/_economist-histories.htm (929 words)

	Machiavelli
		Bock, Gisela, Quentin Skinner and Maurizio Viroli, eds, Machiavelli and republicanism, CUP 1990
		Skinner, Quentin, The foundations of modern political thought, 2 vols, Cambridge 1978, vol.
		Skinner, Quentin, "Machiavelli on virtù and liberty" in his Visions of Politics, CUP 2002, vol.
	history.wisc.edu /sommerville/867/867-02.htm (348 words)

	Columbia College
		The Fall 2003 Contemporary Civilization Coursewide lecture was delivered by Quentin Skinner, Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, on Friday, October 24th in Lerner Hall.
		Professor Skinner's major contributions have been to intellectual history, the history of political thought, and to political theory.
		Professor Skinner received his degrees from the University of Cambridge and is Fellow of the British Academy.
	www.college.columbia.edu /core/lectures/fall2003/index.php (234 words)

	SFA: Queries Jul - Sep 2000 (Page 8)
		Please, if anyone has a "lost" Mary Skinner, born in Maryland, she is my great-great grandma, and I would appreciate any info or leads you have about her parents.
		Judge William Erskine Skinner of Hoboken,N.J. was born in Glasgow,Scotland, on May 17, 1831, and came to America in 1840 with his parents, the Rev. John Skinnere d.d.., and Elizabeth (Taylor) Skinner.
		He is the only Skinner in the Census records for the time period, the census state that he was born in Ohio.
	skinnerkinsmen.org /queries/SFA_queries08003.html (3065 words)

	Tully, J., ed.: Meaning and Context: Quentin Skinner and His Critics.
		Meaning and Context includes five of the most widely discussed articles by Skinner, which present his approach to the study of political thought and the interpretation of texts.
		"The work of Quentin Skinner has made a fundamental impact on the study of the history of ideas and political philosophy....
		This volume gathers together the most important contributions to the debate both by Skinner and by his critics....
	pup.princeton.edu /titles/4388.html (354 words)

	Institut für Sozialforschung Frankfurt am Main
		David Armitage, Armand Himy and Quentin Skinner, Cambridge, pp.
		Martin van Gelderen and Quentin Skinner, Cambridge, vol II, pp.
		A Reply to Skinner', The Journal of Political Philosophy 8, pp.
	www.ifs.uni-frankfurt.de /veranstaltungen/2005/skinner_lit.htm (1418 words)

	Political Theory Core
		Quentin Skinner, “Motives, Intentions, and the Interpretation of Texts” and “Some Problems in the Analysis of Political Thought and Action.”
		James Tully, ed., Meaning and Context: Quentin Skinner and His Critics.
		Quentin Skinner, Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes.
	www.nyu.edu /gsas/dept/politics/grad/syllabi/G53.1100_landa_f02.html (837 words)

	Amazon.com: Visions of Politics (Vol. III): Books: Quentin Skinner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		by Quentin Skinner "With this third and concluding volume, I turn from Renaissance theories of self-government to their leading philosophical opponent, Thomas Hobbes..." (more)
		The third of three volumes of essays by Quentin Skinner, one of the world's leading intellectual historians.
		In a series of writings spanning the past four decades Professor Skinner examines, with his customary perspicuity, the evolution and character of Hobbes's political thought.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521890608?v=glance (886 words)

	Laszlo Kontler
		Quentin Skinner, The Foundations of Modern Political Thought, 2 vols.
		John Dunn, "The identity of the history of ideas", in Peter Laslett, W.G. Runciman, Quentin Skinner (eds.), Philosophy, Politics and Society (Oxford, 1972)
		Quentin Skinner, Reason and Rhetoric in the Political Thought of Thomas Hobbes (Cambridge, 1996), part II.
	www.personal.ceu.hu /departs/personal/Laszlo_Kontler/course1.html (619 words)

	LRB \| Quentin Skinner : A Third Concept of Liberty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Quentin Skinner : A Third Concept of Liberty
		If you do not wish to subscribe but would like information about buying a reprint of this article (if available) Quentin Skinner : A Third Concept of Liberty (from LRB Vol.
		Quentin Skinner, Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, delivered the inaugural Isaiah Berlin Memorial Lecture to the British Academy on 21 November 2001.
	www.lrb.co.uk /v24/n07/skin01_.html (344 words)

	EUI - HEC - Reading List
		- Quentin Skinner, 'Machiavelli's Discorsi and the pre-humanist origins of republican ideas' in Gisela Bock, Quentin Skinner, Maurizio Viroli (eds.), Machiavelli and Republicanism (Cambridge, 1990), 122-141.
		- Quentin Skinner, 'From the state of princes to the person of the state' in Quentin Skinner, Visions of Politics.
		- Quentin Skinner, 'Hobbes and the purely artificial person of the state' in Quentin Skinner, Visions of Politics.
	www.iue.it /HEC/ResearchTeaching/20032004-Autumn/Departmental-readings/RListReesvanG.htm (1000 words)

	Amazon.de: The Foundations of Modern Political Thought. The Renaissance: English Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Volume One deals with the Renaissance, Volume Two with the Age of Reformation.
		Quentin Skinner gives an outline account of all the principal texts of the period, discussing in turn the chief political writings of Dante, Marsiglio, Bartolus, Machiavelli, Erasmus and more, Luther and Calvin, Bodin and the Calvinist revolutionaries.
		But he also examines a very large number of lesser writers in order to explain the general social and intellectual context in which these leading theorists worked.
	www.amazon.de /exec/obidos/ASIN/0521293375 (388 words)

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