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.
Nevertheless, his most valuable essays and the best critical
articles concerning his work have been scattered in various
journals and difficult to obtain. 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. Following these are seven articles by his critics, five
of these drawn from earlier publications and two, by John Keane and
Charles Taylor, written especially for this volume. Finally, there
appears a fifty-seven page reply by Skinner--a major new statement
in which he defends and reformulates his method and lays out new
lines of research. The editorial introduction provides a systematic
overview of the evolution of Skinner's work and of the main
reactions to it.
Besides James Tully, John Keane, and Charles Taylor, the
contributors include Joseph V. Femia, Keith Graham, Martin Hollis,
Kenneth Minogue, and Nathan Tarcov.
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