文档介绍：THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT IN
NATIONAL CONTEXT
In this volume a distinguished international team of contributors
characterises the nature of, and recent developments in, the history of
political thought in their respective countries. The essays scrutinise not
only the different academic histories and methodological traditions on
which the study of the history of political thought has drawn, but also
its relationship to cultural and political debates within nations. This
collection represents a major contribution to the history of ideas, in
which political thought has always been central, whilst re¯ecting the
disciplinary tensions ± and national differences ± of what remains a
`borderline' subject, located at the intersection of history, politics and
philosophy. The different national characteristics taken on by political
discourse, and plex relationship these characteristics have to
the aspirations of the discipline itself, are considered in these wide-
ranging essays, which cover the history of political thought in the UK,
the USA, France, Germany, Italy, Central and Eastern Europe.
dario castiglione is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the
University of Exeter. His main research interests are in the history of
political philosophy and constitutional theory. His recent publications
as editor include Shifting the Boundaries: Transformation of the
Languages of Public and Private in the Eighteenth Century (1995, with
Lesley Sharpe) and The Constitution in Transformation: European and
Theoretical Perspectives (1996, with Richard Bellamy).
iain hampsher-monk is Professor of Political Theory at the
University of Exeter. He is co-founder and editor of the journal History
of Political Thought. His publications include A History of Modern
Political Though (1992), and more recently he has edited History of
Concepts ± Comparative Perspectives (1998, with Karin Tilmans and
Frank van Vree), The Demands of Citizenship (2000, with Catriona