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29 de jun. de 2020 · The history of thought, on this reading, has a strong focus on language, on how texts and speeches are composed and communicated, as well as an awareness of how thought is indelibly caught in the workings of power, an angle expressed—by both geographers and others—through genealogical studies (e.g., Foucault, 1975) and inquiries into the persuasions of ideology (e.g., Althusser, 1971 ...
Abstract. It is a common assumption that the highest purpose of intellectual history is the consideration of ideas in context. But contextualism frequently implies a host of further epistemological and metaphysical assumptions about the nature of meaning, knowledge, and temporality.
20 de jun. de 2024 · Extract. The story of American intellectual history's decline, fall, and phoenix-like rebirth in recent decades has become trite with the retelling: knocked from its position of prominence by the new social history and plunged into the chastened soul-searching of the famed Wingspread Conference of 1977, only to find itself rescued in part by ...
The economics of industry Alfred Marshall and Mary Paley Marshall ; with a new introduction by Denis O'Brien （Key texts : classic studies in the history of ideas） Thoemmes Press, 1994
4 de mai. de 2020 · If the history of ideas as established by Arthur O. Lovejoy merely consists of research on basic “unit-ideas,” then the new history of ideas today is instead presented as shifting toward a focus on context, rhetoric, actions, and so on, with linguistic philosophy as its theoretical underpinnings; similarly, guided by an orientation toward social constructs, the “new sociocultural history ...
The task of the historian of ideas is to study and interpret a canon of classic texts. The value of writing this kind of history stems from the fact that the classic texts in moral, political, religious and other such modes of thought contain a ‘dateless wisdom’ in the form of ‘universal ideas’. As a result, we can hope to learn and benefit directly from investigating these ‘timeless ...
This book provides an overview of the importance of science, technology, and innovation in the history of economic thought. It charts how science has responded to societal needs and global challenges to highlight the way in which knowledge and technology have been used to benefit society. Particular attention is given to modern concerns, such ...
