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Stefan Collini

Other affiliations: British Academy
Bio: Stefan Collini is an academic researcher from University of Cambridge. The author has contributed to research in topics: Interpretation (philosophy) & Politics. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 51 publications receiving 2508 citations. Previous affiliations of Stefan Collini include British Academy.


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27 Jan 1984
TL;DR: In this paper, three well-known historians of ideas examine the diverse forms taken in nineteenth-century Britain by the aspiration to develop what was then known as a "science of politics".
Abstract: In this unusual and important work, three well-known historians of ideas examine the diverse forms taken in nineteenth-century Britain by the aspiration to develop what was then known as a 'science of politics'. This aspiration encompassed a more extensive and ambitious range of concerns than is implied by the modern term 'political science': in fact, as this book demonstrates, it remained the overarching category under which many nineteenth-century thinkers grouped their attempts to achieve systematic understanding of man's common life. As a result of both the over-concentration on closed abstract systems of thought and the intrusion of concerns which pervade much writing in the history of political theory and of the social sciences, these attempts have since been neglected or misrepresented. By deliberately avoiding such approaches, this book restores the subject to its centrality in the intellectual life and political culture of nineteenth-century Britain.

416 citations

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TL;DR: The Umberto Eco Index as discussed by the authors is a collection of essays about the history and interpretation of the UML text of UML and its relationship with the author and the text.
Abstract: Introduction: Interpretation terminable and interminable Stefan Collini 1. Interpretation and history Umberto Eco 2. Overinterpreting texts Umberto Eco 3. Between author and text Umberto Eco 4. The pragmatist's progress Richard Rorty 5. In defence of overinterpretation Jonathan Culler 6. Palimpsest history Christine Brook-Rose 7. Reply Umberto Eco Index.

306 citations

Book
01 Jan 1993
TL;DR: The idea of character: private habits and public virtues was introduced by John Stuart Mill as a public moralist in the Victorian intellectual world as mentioned in this paper, and the moral sciences: their title to be heard: professionalization and its discontents.
Abstract: Introduction Part One: Governing Values: Leading minds: The world of the Victorian intellectual The culture of altruism: Selfishness and the decay of motive The idea of character: private habits and public virtues Part Two: Public Voices: Their master's voice: John Stuart Mill as a public moralist Manly fellows: Fawcett, Stephen, and the liberal temper Part Three: Moral Sciences: Their title to be heard: professionalization and its discontents An exclusively professional subject: the jurist as public moralist Part Four: English Geneologies: From dangerous partisan to national possession: John Stuart Mill in English culture 1873-1933 The Whig interpretation of English literature: literary history and national identity Index

267 citations

Book
01 Jan 1991
TL;DR: The idea of character: private habits and public virtues was introduced by John Stuart Mill as a public moralist in the Victorian intellectual world as mentioned in this paper, where the moral sciences were professionalized by professionalization and its discontents.
Abstract: Introduction Prt One: Governing Values: Leading minds: The world of the Victorian intellectual The culture of altruism: Selfishness and the decay of motive The idea of character: private habits and public virtues Part Two: Public Voices: Their master's voice: John Stuart Mill as a public moralist Manly fellows: Fawcett, Stephen, and the liberal temper Part Three: Moral Sciences: Their title to be heard: professionalization and its discontents An exclusively professional subject: the jurist as public moralist Part Four: English Geneologies: From dangerous partisan to national possession: John Stuart Mill in English culture 1873-1933 The Whig interpretation of English literature: literary history and national identity Index

217 citations

Book
01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: The Question of Intellectuals as mentioned in this paper is a popular topic in the field of political science and it has been studied extensively in the last few decades, especially since the early 1970s.
Abstract: Introduction: The Question of Intellectuals PART ONE: THE TERMS OF THE QUESTION 1. The History of a Word 2. A Matter of Definition PART TWO: FONDER HEARTS 3. Anglo-Saxon Attitudes 4. Of Light and Leading 5. Highbrows and Other Aliens 6. The Long 1950s I: Happy Families 7. The Long 1950s II: Brave Causes 8. From New Left to Old Chestnut PART THREE: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES 9. In their Natonal Habitat 10. Greener Grass: Letters from America 11. The Peculiarities of the French 12. The Translation of the Clerks PART FOUR: SOME VERSIONS OF DENIAL 13. Clerisy or Undesirables: T. S. Eliot 14. Professional Cackling: R. G. Collingwood 15. Other People: George Orwell 16. Nothing to Say: A. J. P. Taylor 17. No True Answers: A. J. Ayer PART FIVE: REPEAT PERFORMANCES 18. Outsider Studies: The Glamour of Dissent 19. Media Studies: A Discourse of General Ideas 20. Long Views I: Specialization and its Discontents 21. Long Views II: From Authority to Celebrity? Epilogue: No Elsewhere

188 citations


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TL;DR: The main mechanism by which democracy is thought to hinder growth is pressure for immediate consumption, which reduces investment, and only states that are institutionally insulated from such pressures can resist them, and democratic states are not as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Arguments that relate regimes to growth focus on property rights, pressures for immediate consumption, and the autonomy of dictators. While everyone seems to agree that secure property rights foster growth, it is controversial whether democracies or dictatorships better secure these rights. The main mechanism by which democracy is thought to hinder growth is pressure for immediate consumption, which reduces investment. Only states that are institutionally insulated from such pressures can resist them, and democratic states are not. The main argument against dictatorships is that authoritarian rulers have no interest in maximizing total output. These views are summarized in turn.

1,212 citations

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TL;DR: The authors reflect on the significant and positive impact of postmodernism for organizational theorizing during the past decade and point to contributions that poststructuralist perspectives have brought to the field.
Abstract: In this article we first reflect on the significant and positive impact of postmodernism for organizational theorizing during the past decade. Through several examples we point to contributions that poststructuralist perspectives have brought to the field. Finally, we consider four contemporary theoretical tendencies—feminist poststructuralist theorizing, postcolonial analyses, actor-network theory, and narrative approaches to knowledge—as heirs (apparent) of the postmodern turn for organizational theorizing past postmodernism.

573 citations

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TL;DR: Overall, academics suggest that online migration is engendering significant dysfunctionality and disturbance to their pedagogical roles and their personal lives, and signpost online migration as a major challenge for student recruitment, market sustainability, an academic labour-market, and local economies.
Abstract: COVID-19 has caused the closure of university campuses around the world and migration of all learning, teaching, and assessment into online domains. The impacts of this on the academic community as frontline providers of higher education are profound. In this article, we report the findings from a survey of n = 1148 academics working in universities in the United Kingdom (UK) and representing all the major disciplines and career hierarchy. Respondents report an abundance of what we call 'afflictions' exacted upon their role as educators and in far fewer yet no less visible ways 'affordances' derived from their rapid transition to online provision and early 'entry-level' use of digital pedagogies. Overall, they suggest that online migration is engendering significant dysfunctionality and disturbance to their pedagogical roles and their personal lives. They also signpost online migration as a major challenge for student recruitment, market sustainability, an academic labour-market, and local economies.

441 citations

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TL;DR: The 15th Discourse and Reflexivity Workshop (University of Sheffield, September 1992) as discussed by the authors provided helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper, which is the basis for this paper.
Abstract: and participants in the 15th Discourse and Reflexivity Workshop (University of Sheffield, September 1992) for making helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper. In this version pages are counted according to the published numbers with breaks following the published version.

416 citations