Quentin Skinner

Quentin Skinner is one of Britain's leading theorists and historians of political thought. He has written widely on a range of topics including republicanism, Machiavelli, Hobbes and liberty. He is cu

Liberty, Liberalism and Surveillance: a historic overview

One of Britain's most distinguished political theorists on republicanism, freedom, Machiavelli, Hobbes, the Reformation, Shakespeare, Milton and much more. Has modern society lost touch with Roman conceptions of freedom, and at what cost?

By Quentin Skinner and Richard Marshall

/ 26 Jul 2013