The history of political thought in national context / edited by Dario Castiglione and Iain Hampsher-Monk.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

First published in 2001. This printed version, 2011. --T.p. verso of paperback edition.

Introduction. The history of political thought and the national discourses of politics / Dario Castiglione and Iain Hampsher-Monk -- The voice of the 'Greeks' in the conversation of mankind / Janet Coleman -- History of political theory in the Federal Republic of Germany: strange death and slow recovery / Wolfgang J. Mommsen -- A German version of the 'linguistic turn': Reinhart Koselleck and the history of political and social concepts (Befriffsgeschichte) / Melvin Richter -- One hundred years of the history of political thought in Italy / Angelo D'Orsi -- Discordant voices: American histories of political thought / Terence Ball -- The professoriate of political thought in England since 1914: a tale of three chairs / Robert Wokler -- The history of political thought and the political history of thought / Iain Hampsher-Monk -- The rise of, challenge to and prospects for a Collingwoodian approach to the history of political thought / Quentin Skinner -- Towards a philosophical history of the political / Pierre Rosanvallon -- 'Le retour des âemigrâes'? the study of the history of political ideas in contemporary France / Jeremy Jennings -- National political cultures and regime changes in Eastern and Central Europe / Victor Neumann -- The limits of the national paradigm in the study of political thought: the case of Karl Popper and Central European cosmopolitanism / Malachi Hacohen -- Postscript. Disciplines, canons and publics: the history of 'the history of political thought' in comparative perspective / Stefan Collini.

This volume represents a major contribution to the history of ideas, in which political thought has always been central, and reflects the disciplinary tensions--and national differences--of what remains a "borderline" subject, located at the intersection of history, politics and philosophy. The distinguished team of international contributors explores the relationship between the history of political thought as a discipline, and the politics, history and culture of the various nations discussed, which include the UK, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Central and Eastern Europe.