A Cultural History of Ideas
How have ideas been shaped, employed and received in different social and cultural contexts? In a work that spans 2,800 years, these ambitious questions are addressed by 62 experts, each contributing an overview of a particular theme in a specific period in history.
How important is the cultural history of ideas?
But the cultural history of ideas remains a crucial means towards the end
It can provide a rationale for and mode of approaching worlds of intellectual experience and their practical consequences which focuses on great texts, or the history of disciplines, still risk stubbornly condemning to the condescension of posterity
What is the 'prehistory' of the history of ideas?
The ‘prehistory’ of the history of ideas prior to the twentieth century is sketched, looking at its origins, parent disciplines, near neighbors and inspirations
The modern canon of the history of ideas is explored though three seminal representatives, Lovejoy, Cassirer, and Berlin
What makes intellectual history historical?
Attention to the context in which ideas were formulated, circulated and received in the past has always been understood as what makes intellectual history historical as opposed to being a subset of philosophy or textual criticism
1 In this sense, then, intellectual history has always been concerned with understanding ideas in their context
Cultural history of ideas
1986 book by Witold Rybczynski
Home: A Short History of An Idea is a book published in 1986 by Canadian architect, professor and writer Witold Rybczynski.
The word magnificence comes from the Latin “la>magnum facere”, which means to do something great. The Latin word draws on the Greek “grc-Latn>megaloprépeia”. This noun conveys the meaning of doing something great which is fitting or seemly to the circumstance. Magnificence is a philosophical, aesthetic, and socio-economic notion deeply rooted in Western culture since classical antiquity. It regards the greatness of actions, courage, excellence, honor, generosity, and splendor of lifestyles of noble purposes.
The discipline Idé och lärdomshistoria, translated as History of Science and Ideas, is an important part of the humanities faculties in most Swedish universities, most notably Stockholm, Uppsala, Lund, Gothenburg, Umeå and Södertörn. It is a broad field of study that often involves cross disciplinary research between intellectual history, history of science, medicine or philosophy, conceptual history, history of education and media history. It is taught in Universities at undergraduate and graduate levels, and is also an active field of research. The annual journal Lychnos publishes the current research of the discipline.
