How is Modern Intellectual History Possible?

The Cambridge School has been remarkably successful in its attempt to grasp the character of political thought in the early modern period on the basis of historical data, rather than quasi-philosophical speculations. At the same time, it is questionable whether its research approach is suited to the...

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Published inEuropean political science Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 304 - 315
Main Author Podoksik, Efraim
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Palgrave Macmillan UK 01.09.2010
Palgrave Macmillan
Subjects
Comparative Politics
Data analysis
Early modern history
Historians
History of ideas
History of political ideas
Intellectual History
Intellectual work
Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
Political Science and International Studies
Political Science Theories
Political Theory
Political thought
Politics
Research trends
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Symposium
Cambridge School
history of political thought
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Summary:The Cambridge School has been remarkably successful in its attempt to grasp the character of political thought in the early modern period on the basis of historical data, rather than quasi-philosophical speculations. At the same time, it is questionable whether its research approach is suited to the study of later political thought. Still, the article argues, these difficulties are not insurmountable, and the Cambridge School can indeed serve as a model for historians of modern political thought.
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ISSN:1680-4333
1682-0983
DOI:10.1057/eps.2010.33