Publications
Selected publications
- The Persistence of Party: Ideas of Harmonious Discord in Eighteenth-Century Britain (Book - 2021)
- ANCIENT CONSTITUTIONALISM, FUNDAMENTAL LAW AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY TORYISM IN THE SEPTENNIAL ACT (1716) DEBATES (Journal article - 2019)
- LORD BOLINGBROKE'S THEORY OF PARTY AND OPPOSITION (Journal article - 2016)
- Adam Ferguson on the Perils of popular factions and demagogues in a Roman Mirror (Journal article - 2019)
- On the Character of a "Great Patriot": A New Essay Ascribed to Bolingbroke (Journal article - 2018)
- ADAM FERGUSON ON PARTISANSHIP, PARTY CONFLICT, AND POPULAR PARTICIPATION (Journal article - 2019)
- State of the Field: The History of Political Thought (Journal article - 2020)
- THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT AND PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES (Journal article - 2020)
- Hume and Smith studies after Forbes and Trevor-Roper (Journal article - 2020)
2023
Richard Champion and the Rockingham Whigs: The Aristocratic Politics of a Bristolian Quaker Merchant in the Age of the American Revolution
Skjönsberg, M. (2023). Richard Champion and the Rockingham Whigs: The Aristocratic Politics of a Bristolian Quaker Merchant in the Age of the American Revolution. The English Historical Review, 138(590-591), 157-184. doi:10.1093/ehr/cead051
A Theory of the Enlightenment in Late Eighteenth-Century Sweden: Nils von Rosenstein and Scotland’s Science of Man and Politics
Skjönsberg, M. (2023). A Theory of the Enlightenment in Late Eighteenth-Century Sweden: Nils von Rosenstein and Scotland’s Science of Man and Politics. Scandinavian Journal of History, 48(4), 427-456. doi:10.1080/03468755.2023.2187879
Catharine Macaulay: Political Writings
Macaulay, C. (2023). Catharine Macaulay: Political Writings. doi:10.1017/9781009307451
Patriots and the Country party tradition in the eighteenth century: the critics of Britain’s fiscal-military state from Robert Harley to Catharine Macaulay
Skjönsberg, M. (2023). Patriots and the Country party tradition in the eighteenth century: the critics of Britain’s fiscal-military state from Robert Harley to Catharine Macaulay. Intellectual History Review, 33(1), 83-100. doi:10.1080/17496977.2022.2145928
2022
Wollstonecraft: philosophy, passion, and politics
Skjönsberg, M. (2022). Wollstonecraft: philosophy, passion, and politics. Intellectual History Review, 32(4), 764-767. doi:10.1080/17496977.2021.1920730
Liberty and Religion: Catharine Macaulay and the History of Republicanism and the Enlightenment
Skjonsberg, M. (n.d.). Liberty and Religion: Catharine Macaulay and the History of Republicanism and the Enlightenment. Intellectual History Review. doi:10.1080/17496977.2021.1873013
Terrorists, anarchists, and republicans: The Genevans and the Irish in time of revolution
Skjönsberg, M. (2022). Terrorists, anarchists, and republicans: The Genevans and the Irish in time of revolution. Intellectual History Review, 32(2), 343-345. doi:10.1080/17496977.2020.1822109
Charles Francis Sheridan on the Feudal Origins and Political Science of the 1772 Revolution in Sweden.
Skjönsberg, M. (2022). Charles Francis Sheridan on the Feudal Origins and Political Science of the 1772 Revolution in Sweden.. Journal of the history of ideas, 83(3), 407-430. doi:10.1353/jhi.2022.0020
2021
EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL (2021). (Vol. 37).
From moral theology to moral philosophy: Cicero and visions of humanity from Locke to Hume
Skjönsberg, M. (2021). From moral theology to moral philosophy: Cicero and visions of humanity from Locke to Hume. Intellectual History Review, 31(4), 719-722. doi:10.1080/17496977.2020.1775361
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: the division of labour, the politics of the imagination and the concept of federal government
Skjönsberg, M. (2021). Jean-Jacques Rousseau: the division of labour, the politics of the imagination and the concept of federal government. Intellectual History Review, 31(4), 727-729. doi:10.1080/17496977.2020.1794187
Edmund Burke, the French Revolution and the Battle for the Soul of the Whig Party*
Skjönsberg, M. (2021). Edmund Burke, the French Revolution and the Battle for the Soul of the Whig Party*. Parliamentary History, 40(3), 543-562. doi:10.1111/1750-0206.12589
James Harrington: an intellectual biography
Skjönsberg, M. (2021). James Harrington: an intellectual biography. Global Intellectual History, 6(5), 795-797. doi:10.1080/23801883.2019.1703512
Margaret Schabas and Carl Wennerlind, A Philosopher’s Economist: Hume and the Rise of Capitalism (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2020), pp. 316, $45.00 (hardcover). ISBN: 9780226597447.
Skjönsberg, M. (2021). Margaret Schabas and Carl Wennerlind, A Philosopher’s Economist: Hume and the Rise of Capitalism (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2020), pp. 316, $45.00 (hardcover). ISBN: 9780226597447.. Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 43(3), 477-479. doi:10.1017/s105383722100002x
'This Revolution in the Town': Richard Champion and the early years of the Bristol Library Society
Skjonsberg, M. (2021). 'This Revolution in the Town': Richard Champion and the early years of the Bristol Library Society. LIBRARY & INFORMATION HISTORY, 37(2), 149-167. doi:10.3366/lih.2021.0064
EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL (2021). (Vol. 37).
Party and Faction in Eighteenth-Century Political Thought from Montesquieu to Madison
SKJÖNSBERG, M. A. X. (2021). Party and Faction in Eighteenth-Century Political Thought from Montesquieu to Madison. In Political Thought and the Origins of the American Presidency (pp. 53-73). University Press of Florida. doi:10.2307/j.ctv1nc6rcb.8
Conservative Revolutionary: The Lives of Lewis Namier, by D.W. Hayton
Skjönsberg, M. (2021). Conservative Revolutionary: The Lives of Lewis Namier, by D.W. Hayton. The English Historical Review, 136(578), 241-243. doi:10.1093/ehr/ceaa336
Edmund Burke and the British Empire in the West Indies: Wealth, Power and Slavery, by P.J. Marshall
Skjönsberg, M. (2021). Edmund Burke and the British Empire in the West Indies: Wealth, Power and Slavery, by P.J. Marshall. The English Historical Review, 136(578), 206-208. doi:10.1093/ehr/ceaa315
The Hume-Burke Connection Examined
Skjonsberg, M. (2021). The Hume-Burke Connection Examined. History of European Ideas. doi:10.1080/01916599.2021.1881581
The Persistence of Party
Skjönsberg, M. (2021). The Persistence of Party. doi:10.1017/9781108894500
David Hume and the Jacobites
Skjonsberg, M. (2021). David Hume and the Jacobites. SCOTTISH HISTORICAL REVIEW, 100(1), 25-56. doi:10.3366/shr.2021.0496
The Persistence of Party: Ideas of Harmonious Discord in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Skjonsberg, M. (2021). The Persistence of Party: Ideas of Harmonious Discord in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge University Press.
2020
The Hanoverian Succession in Great Britain and its Empire. Edited by Brent S.Sirota and Allan I.Macinnes. Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer. 2019. xl, 221 pp. £65.00. ISBN 9781783274499.
Skjönsberg, M. (2020). The Hanoverian Succession in Great Britain and its Empire. Edited by Brent S.Sirota and Allan I.Macinnes. Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer. 2019. xl, 221 pp. £65.00. ISBN 9781783274499.. Parliamentary History, 39(3), 490-492. doi:10.1111/1750-0206.12516
Hume and Smith studies after Forbes and Trevor-Roper
Skjonsberg, M. (2020). Hume and Smith studies after Forbes and Trevor-Roper. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL THEORY, 19(4), 623-635. doi:10.1177/1474885118798928
On the spirit of rights
Skjönsberg, M. (2020). On the spirit of rights. Global Intellectual History, 5(4), 413-416. doi:10.1080/23801883.2019.1615191
Slavery and the making of early American libraries: British literature, political thought, and the transatlantic book trade, 1731–1814
Skjönsberg, M. (2020). Slavery and the making of early American libraries: British literature, political thought, and the transatlantic book trade, 1731–1814. Intellectual History Review, 30(4), 741-744. doi:10.1080/17496977.2019.1698861
Review of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Division of Labour, the Politics of the Imagination and the Concept of Federal Government by Michael Sonenscher (Leiden: Brill, 2020).
Skjonsberg, M. (2020). Review of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Division of Labour, the Politics of the Imagination and the Concept of Federal Governmentby Michael Sonenscher (Leiden: Brill, 2020).. Intellectual History Review.
State of the Field: The History of Political Thought
Charette, D., & Skjonsberg, M. (2020). State of the Field: The History of Political Thought. HISTORY, 105(366), 470-483. doi:10.1111/1468-229X.13013
The Politics of Empire at the Accession of George III: The East India Company and the Crisis and Transformation of Britain's Imperial State. By James M.Vaughn. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. 2019. xii, 304 pp. £40.00. ISBN 9780300208269.
Skjönsberg, M. (2020). The Politics of Empire at the Accession of George III: The East India Company and the Crisis and Transformation of Britain's Imperial State. By James M.Vaughn. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. 2019. xii, 304 pp. £40.00. ISBN 9780300208269.. Parliamentary History, 39(2), 354-357. doi:10.1111/1750-0206.12495
David Hume and ‘Of the Liberty of the Press’ (1741) in its original contexts
Skjönsberg, M. (2020). David Hume and ‘Of the Liberty of the Press’ (1741) in its original contexts. In Freedom of speech, 1500–1850. Manchester University Press. doi:10.7765/9781526147110.00014
THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT AND PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES
Skjonsberg, M. (2021). THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT AND PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES. HISTORICAL JOURNAL, 64(2), 501-513. doi:10.1017/S0018246X20000114
Utilitarianism in the Age of Enlightenment: The Moral and Political Thought of William Paley
Mills, R. J. W. (2020). Utilitarianism in the Age of Enlightenment: The Moral and Political Thought of William Paley. Intellectual History Review, 30(2), 352-354. doi:10.1080/17496977.2019.1594651
Champion, Coffey, Harris and Marshall (eds), <i>Politics, Religion and Ideas in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Britain: Essays in Honour of Mark Goldie</i>
Skjönsberg, M. (2020). Champion, Coffey, Harris and Marshall (eds), <i>Politics, Religion and Ideas in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Britain: Essays in Honour of Mark Goldie</i>. The Scottish Historical Review, 99(1), 149-150. doi:10.3366/shr.2020.0444
Demos Assembled: Democracy and the International Origins of the Modern State, 1840–1880. By Stephen W. Sawyer. University of Chicago Press. 2018. ix + 233pp. $45.00.
SKJÖNSBERG, M. A. X. (2020). Demos Assembled: Democracy and the International Origins of the Modern State, 1840–1880. By Stephen W. Sawyer. University of Chicago Press. 2018. ix + 233pp. $45.00.. History, 105(365), 352-354. doi:10.1111/1468-229x.12932
Charles Bradford Bow (ed.), <i>Common Sense in the Scottish Enlightenment</i>
Skjönsberg, M. (2020). Charles Bradford Bow (ed.), <i>Common Sense in the Scottish Enlightenment</i>. Journal of Scottish Philosophy, 18(1), 113-116. doi:10.3366/jsp.2020.0259
The Philosophical Progress of Hume's Essays. By MargaretWatkins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2019. 265 p. £75 (hb). ISBN 978‐1‐108‐47627‐0.
Skjönsberg, M. (2020). The Philosophical Progress of Hume's Essays. By MargaretWatkins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2019. 265 p. £75 (hb). ISBN 978‐1‐108‐47627‐0.. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 43(1), 133-135. doi:10.1111/1754-0208.12671
Reading History in Britain and America, c.1750-c.1840
Skjonsberg, M. (2020). Reading History in Britain and America, c.1750-c.1840. JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES, 59(1), 201-202. doi:10.1017/jbr.2019.209
2019
Review of Adam Ferguson and the Idea of Civil Society: Moral Science in the Scottish Enlightenment, by Craig Smith
Skjonsberg, M. S. (2019). Review of Adam Ferguson and the Idea of Civil Society: Moral Science in the Scottish Enlightenment, by Craig Smith. Intellectual History Review.
Niall O'Flaherty, <i>Utilitarianism in the Age of Enlightenment: The Moral and Political Thought of William Paley</i> (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019), pp. viii + 339.
Skjönsberg, M. (2019). Niall O'Flaherty, <i>Utilitarianism in the Age of Enlightenment: The Moral and Political Thought of William Paley</i> (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019), pp. viii + 339.. Utilitas, 31(3), 356-359. doi:10.1017/s0953820819000189
Adam Ferguson on the Perils of popular factions and demagogues in a Roman Mirror
Skjonsberg, M. (2019). Adam Ferguson on the Perils of popular factions and demagogues in a Roman Mirror. HISTORY OF EUROPEAN IDEAS, 45(6), 842-865. doi:10.1080/01916599.2019.1601466
ANCIENT CONSTITUTIONALISM, FUNDAMENTAL LAW AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY TORYISM IN THE SEPTENNIAL ACT (1716) DEBATES
Skjonsberg, M. (2019). ANCIENT CONSTITUTIONALISM, FUNDAMENTAL LAW AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY TORYISM IN THE SEPTENNIAL ACT (1716) DEBATES. HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT, 40(2), 270-301. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Review of On the Spirit of Rights, by Dan Edelstein
Skjonsberg, M. S. (n.d.). Review of On the Spirit of Rights, by Dan Edelstein. Global Intellectual History.
Review of The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty‐First Century by Helena Rosenblatt
Skjonsberg, M. S. (2019). Review of The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty‐First Century by Helena Rosenblatt. Nations and Nationalism, 25(2).
Adam Ferguson and the Idea of Civil Society: Moral Science in the Scottish Enlightenment, by Craig Smith
Skjönsberg, M. (2019). Adam Ferguson and the Idea of Civil Society: Moral Science in the Scottish Enlightenment, by Craig Smith. Intellectual History Review, 29(2), 364-368. doi:10.1080/17496977.2019.1565203
Commerce and Peace in the Enlightenment, edited by Béla Kapossy, Isaac Nakhimovsky, and Richard Whatmore
Skjönsberg, M. (2019). Commerce and Peace in the Enlightenment, edited by Béla Kapossy, Isaac Nakhimovsky, and Richard Whatmore. Intellectual History Review, 29(2), 361-364. doi:10.1080/17496977.2019.1561816
ADAM FERGUSON ON PARTISANSHIP, PARTY CONFLICT, AND POPULAR PARTICIPATION
Skjonsberg, M. (2019). ADAM FERGUSON ON PARTISANSHIP, PARTY CONFLICT, AND POPULAR PARTICIPATION. MODERN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY, 16(1), 1-28. doi:10.1017/S1479244317000099
HelenaRosenblatt, The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty‐First Century. Princeton: Princeton University press, 2018. 368 pp. £27 (hbk)
Skjönsberg, M. (2019). HelenaRosenblatt, The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty‐First Century. Princeton: Princeton University press, 2018. 368 pp. £27 (hbk). Nations and Nationalism, 25(2), 739-741. doi:10.1111/nana.12508
2018
On the Character of a "Great Patriot": A New Essay Ascribed to Bolingbroke
Hone, J., & Skjonsberg, M. (2018). On the Character of a "Great Patriot": A New Essay Ascribed to Bolingbroke. JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES, 57(3), 445-466. doi:10.1017/jbr.2018.81
2016
LORD BOLINGBROKE'S THEORY OF PARTY AND OPPOSITION
Skjonsberg, M. (2016). LORD BOLINGBROKE'S THEORY OF PARTY AND OPPOSITION. HISTORICAL JOURNAL, 59(4), 947-973. doi:10.1017/S0018246X15000485