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Dr Robert Lamb

Publications

Books

with Corinna Wagner, editor of, Selected Political Writings of John Thelwall , London: Pickering & Chatto, 2008.

Articles

with Benjamin Thompson, 'Disinterestedness and Virtue: "Pure Love" in Fenelon, Rousseau and Godwin', History of Political Thought, 32, 2011.

'Beliefs, Desires, Weak Intentionality and the Identity of the History of Ideas', Intellectual History Review, 21, 1, 2011, 85-94.

'Locke on Ownership, Imperfect Duties and "the art of governing"', British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 12, 1, 2010, 126-41.

'Liberty, Equality and the Boundaries of Ownership: Thomas Paine's Theory of Property Rights', The Review of Politics, 72, 3, 2010, 483-511.

'Quentin Skinner's Revised Historical Contextualism: A Critique', History of the Human Sciences, 22, 3, 2009, 51-73.

'Was William Godwin a Utilitarian?', Journal of the History of Ideas, 70, 1, 2009, 119-141.

with Benjamin Thompson, 'The Meaning of Charity in Locke's Political Thought', European Journal of Political Theory, 8, 2, 2009, 229-252.

'Recent Developments in Quentin Skinner's Thought and the Ambitions of Contextualism', Journal of the Philosophy of History, 3, 3, 2009, 246-265.

'For and Against Ownership: William Godwin's Theory of Property', The Review of Politics, 71, 2, 2009, 275-302.

'William Godwin on the Morality of Freedom', History of Political Thought, 28, 4, 2007, 661-677.

'The Foundations of Godwinian Impartiality', Utilitas, 18, 2, 2006, 134-153.

Chapters in Books

'Labour, Contingency, Utility: Thelwall's Theory of Property', in Steve Poole (ed), John Thelwall: Radical Romantic and Acquitted Felon,Pickering & Chatto, 2009, 51-60.

with Corinna Wagner, 'The Many Lives of John Thelwall', in Lamb and Wagner (eds), Selected Political Writings of John Thelwall,London: Pickering & Chatto, 2009, ix-xxiv.

Journal Special Issues Edited
'The Politics of Property', British Journal of Politics and International Relations 12:1 (2010)
'Post-Analytic Hermeneutics: Themes from Mark Bevir's Philosophy of History', Intellectual History Review 21:3 (2011)