A Companion to Intellectual History

Brian Young editor Richard Whatmore editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:11th Dec '15

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A Companion to Intellectual History provides an in-depth survey of the practice of intellectual history as a discipline.

  • Forty newly-commissioned chapters showcase leading global research with broad coverage of every aspect of intellectual history as it is currently practiced
  • Presents an in-depth survey of recent research and practice of intellectual history
  • Written in a clear and accessible manner, designed for an international audience
  • Surveys the various methodologies that have arisen and the main historiographical debates that concern intellectual historians
  • Pays special attention to contemporary controversies, providing readers with the most current overview of the field
  • Demonstrates the ways in which intellectual historians have contributed to the history of science and medicine, literary studies, art history and the history of political thought

Named Outstanding Academic Title of 2016 by Choice Magazine, a publication of the American Library Association

"this is an exceptionally stimulating book.  Each chapter discusses complex matters with lucidity with no loss in rigor, and each raises questions with great intrinsic interest...... An outstanding work." (Choice Connect 2016)

  • Commended for Outstanding Academic Title of 2016 by Choice Magazine 2016 (United States)

ISBN: 9781118294802

Dimensions: 249mm x 178mm x 33mm

Weight: 907g

480 pages