History of Ideas

What are the origins of the concepts under which we organize societies, create institutions and think about our lives? Where did the concept of God or equal rights or democracy come from? How does one idea influence another? Such questions fuel debates, speeches, papers and assignments in history classes, school speaking competitions, ethics classes and more.

Каковы истоки концепций, которые организуют общества, создают институты, используя которые мы думаем о нашей жизни? Откуда появилась концепция Бога, равных прав или демократии? Как одна идея влияет на другую? Подобные вопросы провоцируют дискуссии, выступления, исторические работы.

Product Details
Hardcover: 2780 pages (original) - pdf here
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons; 1 edition (December 3, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN: 0684313774
6 parts, totally 37mb

This is a listing of the types of historical evidence the author used in writing the entry. While entries in the original Dictionary of the History of Ideas were to a great extent the history of texts, the entries in the New Dictionary of the History of Ideas are generally the cultural history of ideas, making use of the records of oral communication, visual communication, and communication through practices, as well as the history of texts, in order to show the impact of the idea on a wide variety of people.

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