Where do ideas fit into historical accounts that take an expansive,
global view of human movements and events? Teaching scholars of
intellectual history to incorporate transnational perspectives into
their work, while also recommending how to confront the challenges and
controversies that may arise, this original resource explains the
concepts, concerns, practice, and promise of "global intellectual
history," featuring essays by leading scholars on various approaches
that are taking shape across the discipline.
The contributors to Global Intellectual History explore the different
ways in which one can think about the production, dissemination, and
circulation of "global" ideas and ask whether global intellectual
history can indeed produce legitimate narratives. They discuss how
intellectuals and ideas fit within current conceptions of global frames
and processes of globalization and proto-globalization, and they
distinguish between ideas of the global and those of the transnational,
identifying what each contributes to intellectual history. A crucial
guide, this collection sets conceptual coordinates for readers eager to
map an emerging area of study.