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Intellectual history and the history of political thought are siblings, perhaps even twins. They have similar origins and use similar materials. They attract many of the same friends and make some of the same enemies. Yet like most siblings, they have different temperaments and ambitions. This essay explores the family resemblances and draws out the contrasts by examining two major works by one of the most prominent political theorists of the past half-century, Alan Ryan, who has recently published two big books that intellectual historians will find rewarding and provocative.

Publisher varies. ; Some issues have also distinctive titles. ; Editors: 1890-1895, E.J. James. -- 1896-1900, R.P. Falkner. -- Jan. 1901-Mar. 1902, H.R. Seager. -- May 1902-Sept. 1914, E.R. Johnson. -- Nov. 1914-July 1929, C.L. King. -- Sept. 1929-, T. Sellin. ; Separately paged supplements accompanying many volumes. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Vols. 1 (1890)-63 (Jan. 1916) issued as suppl. to Mar. 1916. 1 v.; Vols. 64 (Mar. 1916)-96 (July 1921). 1 v.; Vols. 97 (Sept. 1921)-126 (July 1926). 1 v.; Vols. 127 (Sept. 1926)-152 (Nov. 1930) issued as v. 159, pt. 2; Vols. 153 (1931)-182 (1935). 1 v.; Vols. 183 (1936)-212 (1940). 1 v.; Vols. 213 (1941)-242 (1945). 1 v.; Vols. 243 (1946)-272 (1950). 1 v.; Vols. 273 (1951)-302 (1955). 1 v.; Vols. 303 (1956)-332 (1960). 1 v.; Vols. 333 (1961)-362 (1965). 1 v.; Vols. 363 (1966)-392 (1970). 1 v.; Vols. 393 (1971)-422 (1975). 1 v.; Vols. 423 (1976)-452 (1980). 1 v.

THIS ARTICLE DEALS WITH THE SOCALLED POST-BEHAVIORAL REVOLUTION IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. THIS REVOLUTION WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE POLITICAL CRISIS OF THE 1960'S, WHICH HELPED TO REVEAL SOME FALLACIES OF BEHAVIORALISM, E.G., THE SEARCH FOR INVARIANCES. THE REVOLUTION CONSISTED OF THREE TENDENCIES: CLASSICISTS; THOSE WITH THE "NEW LEFT" ORIENTATION; AND POLICY ANALYSTS.

Glendon Schubert presented the following article as a paper at the first "Dialogues Panel" at the 1982 meeting of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Denver, Colorado, September 1982. The commentators were Hayward Alker, Jr., and Dina Zinnes. In the dialogue panel concept, different intellectual perspectives are brought to bear on an issue of common concern.—The Editor

A two-volume study of political thought from the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century, the decisive period of transition from medieval to modern political theory. The work is intended to be both an introduction to the period for students, and a presentation and justification of a particular approach to the interpretation of historical texts. Quentin Skinner gives an outline account of all the principal texts of the period, discussing in turn the chief political writings of Dante, Marsiglio, Bartolus, Machiavelli, Erasmus and more, Luther and Calvin, Bodin and the Calvinist revolutionaries. But he also examines a very large number of lesser writers in order to explain the general social and intellectual context in which these leading theorists worked. He thus presents the history not as a procession of 'classic texts' but are more readily intelligible. He traces by this means the gradual emergence of the vocabulary of modern political thought, and in particular the crucial concept of the State