J. G. A. Pocock and Contextualism in History

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: J. G. A. Pocock and Contextualism in History

Thursday 07 March 2024 is the centenary of the birth of John Greville Agard Pocock (07 March 1924 – 12 December 2023), better known to posterity as J. G. A. Pocock, who was born in London on this date in 1924. Although born in London, he spent much of his early life in New Zealand, and was a New Zealand citizen.

Pocock has had a significant influence on other historians, but is not widely cited among philosophers of history. He is associated both with the contextualism of the Cambridge School and the New British History. Both of these efforts seek to reinterpret history in a distinctive context not co-extensive with the context implied by traditional history.

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