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Historik intelektuálních dějin John G. A. Pocock
Historian of intellectual history John G. A. Pocock

Author(s): Franz Leander Fillafer
Subject(s): History of ideas
Published by: Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích
Keywords: John G. Pocock; historiography; Enlightenment; history of ideas; methodology

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the life and methods of John G. Pocock, the famous representative ofthe Cambridge school of history of ideas. The introductory text sketches the developmentof his thoughts and explains in which ways he responded to the challenges of the presentpolitical world. Finally, Pocock’s method is demonstrated by a commented excerpt fromhis recent article on the conservative Enlightenment.

  • Issue Year: 17/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 106-122
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English, Czech