American Labyrinth (eBook)

Intellectual History for Complicated Times

Raymond Haberski, Andrew Hartman (Herausgeber)

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2018
348 Seiten
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-3023-8 (ISBN)

Infos

American Labyrinth contains a stimulating and useful collection of essays by historians reflecting on American intellectual history.... As a whole, the book convinces the reader that the field of intellectual history is enjoying a renaissance. The book will be especially prized by intellectual historians, but historians of many different persuasions will find these essays rewarding too.-ChoiceIntellectual history has never been more relevant and more important to public life in the United States. In complicated and confounding times, people look for the principles that drive action and the foundations that support national ideals. American Labyrinth demonstrates the power of intellectual history to illuminate our public life and examine our ideological assumptions.This volume of essays brings together 19 influential intellectual historians to contribute original thoughts on topics of widespread interest. Raymond Haberski Jr. and Andrew Hartman asked a group of nimble, sharp scholars to respond to a simple question: How might the resources of intellectual history help shed light on contemporary issues with historical resonance? The answersall rigorous, original, and challengingare as eclectic in approach and temperament as the authors are different in their interests and methods. Taken together, the essays of American Labyrinth illustrate how intellectual historians, operating in many different registers at once and ranging from the theoretical to the political, can provide telling insights for understanding a public sphere fraught with conflict.In order to understand why people are ready to fight over cultural symbols and political positions we must have insight into how ideas organize, enliven, and define our lives. Ultimately, as Haberski and Hartman show in this volume, the best route through our contemporary American labyrinth is the path that traces our practical and lived ideas.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.12.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 2 b&w halftones, 3 charts
• Verlagsort: Ithaca
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Schlagworte: american historiorography • American History • american history scholar • American intellectual history • american Intellectual life • American social history • American Studies • bipartisan Intellectual History • contemporary intellectual life in America • Contemporary Issues • historians • Historical experience • Historiography • history of political thought • intellectual historian essays • intellectual historians • Intellectual history • intellectual history studies • Intellectual life • intellectual life in America • Legal Fundamentalism • party politics Intellectual History • Political activism • Political Analysis • Political Commentary • Political culture • political debate • Political Discourse • Political division • Political History • Political Ideologies • Political Ideology • Political Institutions • Political Leadership • Political literature • Political movements • Political Philosophy • Political Science • political science anthology • political science essay • political science graduate student • political science theory • Political Systems • political theory • political thinkers • Political thought • United States history • US intellectual history
• ISBN-10: 1-5017-3023-1 / 1501730231
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-3023-8 / 9781501730238