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ON THE IDEA OF A CRITICAL HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT: TEXTUAL INTERPRETATION AND THINKING IN CONSTELLATIONS 论政治思想史批判的理念：文本阐释与星座思维

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History and Theory Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-08 DOI: 10.1111/hith.70022

Christopher Holman

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EXPANDING THE BORDERS OF HUMANITY 拓展人类的疆界

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History and Theory Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-08 DOI: 10.1111/hith.70018

Udi Greenberg

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THE NAITŌ HYPOSTASIS: NAITŌ KONAN (1866–1934) AND THE JAPANESE IMPERIALIST LEGACY IN THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF MIDDLE-PERIOD CHINA (800–1400 CE) naitŌ本质：naitŌ柯南（1866-1934）与中国中期（800-1400）史学中的日本帝国主义遗产

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History and Theory Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-10 DOI: 10.1111/hith.70029

CHRISTIAN DE PEE

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UNWARRANTED CONFIDENCE: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE POVERTY OF ANTI-REALISM 毫无根据的自信：对反现实主义的贫困的批判性回顾

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History and Theory Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-29 DOI: 10.1111/hith.70025

Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen

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“THE NORMAL EXCEPTION”: “MICROANALYSIS AND SOCIAL HISTORY” (1977)* “正常的例外”：“微观分析和社会历史”(1977)*

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History and Theory Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-25 DOI: 10.1111/hith.70031

EDOARDO GRENDI

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REALISM OR IDEALISM? PERSPECTIVES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY FROM A PRACTICING HISTORIAN 现实主义还是理想主义？从实践历史学家的角度看历史哲学

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History and Theory Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-21 DOI: 10.1111/hith.70019

Stefan Berger

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“THE NORMAL EXCEPTION”: EDOARDO GRENDI, MICROANALYSIS, AND GENERALIZATIONS* “正常异常”：edoardo grendi，微观分析和概括*

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History and Theory Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-25 DOI: 10.1111/hith.70030

FRANCESCA TRIVELLATO

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UNIVERSALITY IN THE CLIMATE CATASTROPHE: RETHINKING CHAKRABARTY'S ANTHROPOCENE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY WITH MERLEAU-PONTY'S PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE 气候灾难中的普遍性：用梅洛-庞蒂的自然哲学反思查克拉巴蒂的人类世历史哲学

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History and Theory Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-21 DOI: 10.1111/hith.70024

Andréa Delestrade

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EIGENSINN AND DOMINATION IN LIBERAL AND ILLIBERAL SOCIETIES 自由与非自由社会中的特征罪与统治

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History and Theory Pub Date : 2026-02-23 Epub Date: 2025-12-12 DOI: 10.1111/hith.70021

Alf Lüdtke, Alexandra Oeser

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ORIGAMI PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY 折纸哲学的历史

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History and Theory Pub Date : 2026-02-23 Epub Date: 2025-03-17 DOI: 10.1111/hith.12386

Martin Jay

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