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V.P. Potamskaya
Abstract. The article deals with the Q. Skinner’s conception, who is one of the most famous representatives of the intellectual history of the Cambridge School. Skinner's contextualism is expressed in the notion that texts can only be correctly understood and interpreted when placed in an appropriate intellectual context, which, in turn, can only be understood from the standpoint of the available language. It is pointed out that true historical consists in studying the aspirations and intentions of the author by the means of the analysis of the linguistic context.
intellectual history, contextualism, political theory, speech act.