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By contributing editor Luna Sarti
The Journal of the History of Ideas, the JHI Blog, and the University of Pennsylvania invite graduate students from all institutions, disciplines, and stages of their degree to propose papers for our second annual Graduate Student Symposium on The Ends… Continue Reading →
By Contributing Writer Thomas Furse In a letter to a fellow republican during the 1799 Neapolitan Revolution, Vincenzo Cuoco proclaimed, ‘our philosophers, my dear friend, are often deceived by the idea of something excellent which is the worst enemy of… Continue Reading →
Volume 80, No. 4 of the Journal of the History of Ideas Previous Next Francesco Quatrini, “Adam Borreal on Collegiant Freedom of Speech” Steven Nadler, “Spinoza and Menasseh ben Israel: Facts and Fictions” Dabney Townsend, “On Genius: The Development of… Continue Reading →
In Theory co-host Simon Brown interviews Professor Michael Carhart on his recent book Leibniz Discovers Asia: Social Networking in the Republic of Letters (Johns Hopkins, 2019)
by guest contributor Dr. Thomas Moynihan The idea of human extinction first appeared in the eighteenth century. A perennial tradition of religious eschatology and apocalypse has, of course, existed throughout history. But human extinction represents a novel and distinct idea…. Continue Reading →
By guest contributor John Phipps February, 1639, and the festivities of the Roman carnival were approaching their apex. There had been processions and parades, public displays of civic and religious devotion—almost all bankrolled by the ruling Barberini family. The Barberini patriarch,… Continue Reading →
By Sandrine Bergès, Eileen Hunt Botting, and Alan Coffee. Putting together a volume with the title The Wollstonecraftian Mind is an exciting but challenging task. The ultimate goal is to give readers an insight into the range, depth, complexity, and… Continue Reading →
Luna: As the question of man-enacted climate change fosters debates over the practices and cultures that cause it, I try – like many other individuals across academia and society at large – to cope with the pressing reality of climate… Continue Reading →
In Theory co-host Disha Karnad Jani talks with Professor Emma Kuby about her new work Political Survivors: The Resistance, the Cold War, and the Fight against Concentration Camps after 1945 (Cornell, 2019).
