FROM THE COMMON LAW MIND TO THE DISCOVERY OF ISLANDS: J.G.A. POCOCK'S JOURNEY

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Author: Burgess, Glenn

Source: History of Political Thought, Volume 29, Number 3, 2008 , pp. 543-561(19)

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Abstract:

This article traces the continuities in Pocock's work from his early exploration of the 'common law mind' to his recent work calling for a rethinking of English history and an appreciation of its British context. His work is understood here as the product of perspectives available to him as a New Zealander made aware by his own history of the central roles in all human history played by the movement of people across continents and (especially) across oceans, and by the ways in which different cultures situate themselves in time. Pocock's exploration of the history of 'political thought' has, indeed, often been concerned most with that form of political thinking and identity formation that was rooted in a society's understanding of its own past. This is the key continuity explored in the article.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Dept. of History, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, Email: p.g.burgess@hull.ac.uk

Publication date: 2008-01-01