Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Approaches to intellectual history. The identity of intellectual history / Stefan Collini -- Intellectual history and Historismus in post-war England / Brian Young -- Intellectual history in the modern university / Cesare Cuttica -- Intellectual history and poststructuralism / Edward Baring -- Intellectual history as Begriffsgeschichte / Keith Tribe -- Intellectual history and history of the book / Jacob Soll -- Michel Foucault and the genealogy of power and knowledge / Michael Drolet -- Quentin Skinner and the relevance of intellectual history / Richard Whatmore -- J. G. A. Pocock as an intellectual historian / Kenneth Sheppard.

Part 2. The discipline of intellectual history. Intellectual history and the history of philosophy : their genesis and current relationship / Leo Catana -- Intellectual history and the history of political thought / Duncan Kelly -- Intellectual history and the history of science / John F. M. Clark -- Intellectual history and the history of economics / Donald Winch -- Art history and intellectual history / Katharina Lorenz -- Intellectual history and global history / Andrew Sartori -- Intellectual history and legal history / John W. Cairns -- The idea of secularisation in intellectual history / Peter E. Gordon.

Part 3. The practice of intellectual history. Liberty and the law / Ioannis D. Evrigenis -- Education and manners / Deborah Madden -- Republics and monarchies / Koen Stapelbroek -- Barbarism and civilisation / Michael Sonenscher -- Religion natural and revealed / Norman Vance -- Citizenship and culture / David Burchell -- Democracy and representation / Manuela Albertone -- Religion and enlightenment / Sarah Mortimer -- Art and aesthetics / Francesco Ventrella -- Natural law : law, rights and duties / Knud Haakonssen and Michael J. Seidler -- Wars and empires / Sophus A. Reiners -- Reason and scepticism / Mark Somos.

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