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Core Themes in Intellectual History (P02235)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-CTIH

This obligatory course introduces students to important methods and themes in intellectual history. For example, it will explore the relationship between text and context, and the role of reception in the development of ideas. It will examine the contributions made to the discipline by the Cambridge School, anthropological theory, Begriffsgeschichte, and by ancient and Islamic exegesis. It will also consider certain key objects of intellectual history, such as the Enlightenment. The course will be taught in weekly seminars by various scholars.

? Keywords : Intellectual history; text and context; reception; the Cambridge School; Begriffsgeschichte; historical materialism; ancient and Islamic exegesis; Enlightenment

Entry Requirements

? Costs : None

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics), (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

(a) Knowledge and understanding:

On completion of this course, students should have gained the following, which they will develop by means of preliminary reading, oral presentations, intensive class discussion, and a written essay:

.Knowledge of the main methods of practising intellectual history,
such as the Cambridge School and Begriffsgeschichte
.an understanding of certain key themes and episodes in intellectual
history, such as the Enlightenment and the history of science
.produce a well-argued, well-documented, and properly referenced coursework essay on some central aspect of the discipline of intellectual history