Skinner and republican liberty

• Grant number: 13/10316-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2013
• End date: July 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - Political Theory
• Principal Investigator: Eunice Ostrensky
• Grantee: Juliana de Souza Oliveira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This study aims at investigating the normative character of contemporary republican theory. Our analytical focus is directed mainly on the meaning of the concept of liberty, which is one of the most polemical concepts debated by political theorists nowadays. Bearing this concept in mind, the research shall examine Quentin Skinner's writing and some of the criticism his works on republicanism has received.