After the recent publication of a couple of succinct and overarching essays covering the state of the field in the history of political thought (in the English language), Prof. Davide Cadeddu from the University of Milan expressed polemical remarks on some of their content. At the same time, he asked for comments on his own article, inviting the response several of English-speaking scholars (or scholars educated in anglophone cultural context). In response to this challenge, ten colleagues John Dunn (King’s College, University of Cambridge) Humeira Iqtidar (King’s College London) Iain Hampsher-Monk (University of Exeter) Richard Bourke (King’s College, University of Cambridge) Adrian Blau (King’s College London) Alexandra Chadwick (Universi...