Intellectual History
The history of intellectual thought is often debated. It is an area that is sometimes difficult to categorize and is open to interpretation. The very concept of intellectual history is a recent one. It evolved from what was considered to be the history of ideas and there is still considerable overlap between the two. Areas of philosophy and … Keep Reading → political science often overlap with intellectual history as well. Intellectual history is commonly looked at in the context of the environment from which the works came. Many different cultures, philosophies and political movements have been significant influences in the writings. From the early works of some of the classic Greeks such as Plato and Aristotle, to the writings of Confucius, to Machiavelli, to Karl Marx and more recently Hannah Arendt, the history of intellectual thought and writing is often inspired by the society from which it came.
