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Social Sciences at the Crossroads: Standardisation and Differentiation of a Century of Academic Thought 十字路口的社会科学:百年学术思想的规范化与分化

Intellectual News Pub Date : 2003-06-01 DOI: 10.1080/17496977.2003.11417749

Dieter Bögenhold

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Politics, Epistemology and Revolution 政治、认识论与革命

Intellectual News Pub Date : 2003-06-01 DOI: 10.1080/17496977.2003.11417747

Sophia Rosenfeld

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The Origins of Modernity: European Thought 1543–1789 现代性的起源:1543-1789年的欧洲思想

Intellectual News Pub Date : 2003-06-01 DOI: 10.1080/17496977.2003.11417739

S. Gaukroger

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Excess: Bataille and the Explosion of History 过度:巴塔耶和历史的爆炸

Intellectual News Pub Date : 2003-06-01 DOI: 10.1080/17496977.2003.11417752

B. Dorfman

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Intellectual History: Is It a Good Idea? 思想史:是个好主意吗?

Intellectual News Pub Date : 2003-06-01 DOI: 10.1080/17496977.2003.11417753

R. Soffer

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Germany Between Nietzsche and Wagner 尼采和瓦格纳之间的德国

Intellectual News Pub Date : 2003-06-01 DOI: 10.1080/17496977.2003.11417750

Michael Lang

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Mad genius: The idea and its ramifications 疯狂的天才:这个想法和它的分支

Intellectual News Pub Date : 2002-03-01 DOI: 10.1080/15615324.2002.10428832

I. Sirotkina

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Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the International Society for Intellectual History, held on 27 July 2001 at the Winstanley Lecture Hall, Trinity College, Cambridge 2001年7月27日在剑桥三一学院温斯坦利演讲厅举行的国际思想史学会周年大会纪要

Intellectual News Pub Date : 2002-03-01 DOI: 10.1080/15615324.2002.10428823

S. Kusukawa

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‘Creativity: The sketch in art and science’: A conference review “创造力:艺术与科学的素描”:会议综述

Intellectual News Pub Date : 2002-03-01 DOI: 10.1080/15615324.2002.10428844

C. Pyle