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[[Image:Reason&rhetoric.jpg|right|frame|<center>ISBN 9780521596459</center>]]
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'''Quentin Robert Duthie Skinner''' (born 26 November, 1940) is Regius Professor of Modern History at [http://www.cam.ac.uk/ University of Cambridge]. From 2008 he will be Professor in the Humanities at Queen Mary, University of London.
'''Quentin Robert Duthie Skinner''' (born 26 November, 1940) is Regius Professor of Modern History at [https://www.cam.ac.uk/ University of Cambridge]. From 2008 he will be Professor in the Humanities at Queen Mary, University of London.
==Biography==
==Biography==
Quentin Skinner was born the second son of Alexander Skinner, CBE (died 1979), and Winifred Rose Margaret, née Duthie (died 1982). Educated at Bedford School and [http://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/ Gonville and Caius College] Cambridge, he was elected into a Research Fellowship there in 1962 upon obtaining a British undergraduate degree in [[History]], and immediately gained a teaching Fellowship at [http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/ Christ's College,] Cambridge, where he has been ever since. He is now also an Honorary Fellow of Caius.
Quentin Skinner was born the second son of Alexander Skinner, CBE (died 1979), and Winifred Rose Margaret, née Duthie (died 1982). Educated at Bedford School and [https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/ Gonville and Caius College] Cambridge, he was elected into a Research Fellowship there in 1962 upon obtaining a British undergraduate degree in [[History]], and immediately gained a teaching Fellowship at [https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/ Christ's College,] Cambridge, where he has been ever since. He is now also an Honorary Fellow of Caius.
In the middle 1970s he spent four formative years at the [http://www.ias.edu/ Institute for Advanced Study] at Princeton, initially as an historian and latterly in the School of Social Science. It was there that he met [[Raymond Geuss]], now a colleague at Cambridge, who, together with [[John Dunn]], forms the so-called "Cambridge School" of political theory. In 1978 he was appointed to the chair of Political Science at Cambridge University, and in 1996 he was appointed Regius Professor. He was pro-vice-chancellor of Cambridge University in 1999. In 1979 he married Susan James; they have a daughter and a son.
In the middle 1970s he spent four formative years at the [https://www.ias.edu/ Institute for Advanced Study] at Princeton, initially as an historian and latterly in the School of Social Science. It was there that he met [https://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/teaching_staff/geuss/geuss_index.html Raymond Geuss], now a colleague at Cambridge, who, together with [[John Dunn]], forms the so-called "Cambridge School" of political theory. In 1978 he was appointed to the chair of Political Science at Cambridge University, and in 1996 he was appointed Regius Professor. He was pro-vice-chancellor of Cambridge University in 1999. In 1979 he married Susan James; they have a daughter and a son.
==Academia==
==Academia==
The 'Cambridge School' is best known for its attention to the 'languages' of political thought. 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). This theory was initially presented in terms of [[speech act]] theory. One of the consequences of this account of interpretation is an emphasis on the necessity of studying less well-known political writers as a means of shedding light on the classic authors. A further consequence has been an attack on the uncritical assumption that political classics are monolithic and free-standing. In its earlier versions this added up to an attack on the approach of an older generation, particularly on that of [[Leo Strauss]].
The 'Cambridge School' is best known for its attention to the 'languages' of political thought. 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). This theory was initially presented in terms of [[speech act]] theory. One of the consequences of this account of interpretation is an emphasis on the necessity of studying less well-known political writers as a means of shedding light on the classic authors. A further consequence has been an attack on the uncritical assumption that political classics are monolithic and free-standing. In its earlier versions this added up to an attack on the approach of an older generation, particularly on that of [[Leo Strauss]].
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 [http://cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521596459 ''Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes''] (1996). Neo-classical rhetoric can be regarded as a form of early modern speech act theory.
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 [https://cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521596459 ''Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes''] (1996). Neo-classical rhetoric can be regarded as a form of early modern speech act theory.
More recently, he has turned to the classic preoccupation of Cambridge Regius Professors (not least [[Lord Acton]]), the history of [[liberty]]. The history of theories of political representation has been an offshoot of this interest.
More recently, he has turned to the classic preoccupation of Cambridge Regius Professors (not least [[Lord Acton]]), the history of [[liberty]]. The history of theories of political representation has been an offshoot of this interest.
*2006: Rethinking the Foundations of Modern Political Thought, ed. Annabel Brett and James Tully, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
*2006: Rethinking the Foundations of Modern Political Thought, ed. Annabel Brett and James Tully, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
*2007: El giro contextual: Cinco ensayos de Quentin Skinner y seis comentarios, ed. Enrique Bocardo Crespo: Madrid: Editorial Tecnos.
*2007: El giro contextual: Cinco ensayos de Quentin Skinner y seis comentarios, ed. Enrique Bocardo Crespo: Madrid: Editorial Tecnos.
*2007: Emile Perreau-Saussine. ''Quentin Skinner in context''[http://www.sps.cam.ac.uk/pol/staff/eperreausaussine/quentin_skinner_in_context.pdf], Review of Politics, vol. 68 (1), 2007, pp. 106-122
*2007: Emile Perreau-Saussine. ''Quentin Skinner in context''[https://www.sps.cam.ac.uk/pol/staff/eperreausaussine/quentin_skinner_in_context.pdf], Review of Politics, vol. 68 (1), 2007, pp. 106-122
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/academic_staff/further_details/skinner.html Quentin Skinner - official page]
*[https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/academic_staff/further_details/skinner.html Quentin Skinner - official page]
*[http://nigelwarburton.typepad.com/philosophy_bites/2007/10/quentin-skinner.html ''Philosophy Bites'' podcast of Quentin Skinner on Hobbes on the State]
*[https://nigelwarburton.typepad.com/philosophy_bites/2007/10/quentin-skinner.html ''Philosophy Bites'' podcast of Quentin Skinner on Hobbes on the State]
*Radio interview explains some of concepts regarding freedom and democracy that earned the recognition of 2006 Balzan Prize, in [http://62.77.60.84/audio/ra/00065679.RM RealAudio] or in [http://62.77.60.84/audio/mp3/00065678.MP3 MP3] referenced in a Google cached page from [http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:4JEgO3pCkbYJ:www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/EN1/indicehq.asp%3FRedaSel%3D43%26CategSel%3D20%26PagN%3D7+prize+site:http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=9 Vatican Radio] dated 14/12/2006 at dataset 15.12.21.
*Radio interview explains some of concepts regarding freedom and democracy that earned the recognition of 2006 Balzan Prize, in [https://62.77.60.84/audio/ra/00065679.RM RealAudio] or in [https://62.77.60.84/audio/mp3/00065678.MP3 MP3] referenced in a Google cached page from [https://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:4JEgO3pCkbYJ:www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/EN1/indicehq.asp%3FRedaSel%3D43%26CategSel%3D20%26PagN%3D7+prize+site:https://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=9 Vatican Radio] dated 14/12/2006 at dataset 15.12.21.
*[http://www.berlinpicturecompany.com/ctv/history/skinner.html - 'Three Concepts of Liberty' Video recorded at the Einstein Forum, Potsdam, Germany. ]
*[https://www.berlinpicturecompany.com/ctv/history/skinner.html - 'Three Concepts of Liberty' Video recorded at the Einstein Forum, Potsdam, Germany. ]
*[http://www.jyu.fi/yhtfil/redescriptions/Yearbook%202002/Skinner_Interview_2002.pdf On Encountering the Past ] – An interview with Quentin Skinner by Petri Koikkalainen and Sami Syrjämäki.
*[https://www.jyu.fi/yhtfil/redescriptions/Yearbook%202002/Skinner_Interview_2002.pdf On Encountering the Past ] – An interview with Quentin Skinner by Petri Koikkalainen and Sami Syrjämäki.
[[Category: Biography]]
[[Category: Biography]]