Global Intellectual History Columbia Studies in International and Global History

Where do ideas fit into historical accounts that take an expansive, global view of human movements and events? Teaching scholars of intellectual history to incorporate transnational perspectives into their work, while also recommending how to confront the challenges and controversies that may arise, this original resource explains the concepts, concerns, practice, and promise of "global intellectual history," featuring essays by leading scholars on various approaches that are taking shape across the discipline. The contributors to Global Intellectual History explore the different ways in which one can think about the production, dissemination, and circulation of "global" ideas and ask whether global intellectual history can indeed produce legitimate narratives. They discuss how intellectuals and ideas fit within current conceptions of global frames and processes of globalization and proto-globalization, and they distinguish between ideas of the global and those of the transnational, identifying what each contributes to intellectual history. A crucial guide, this collection sets conceptual coordinates for readers eager to map an emerging area of study. Table of Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Part I: A Framework for Debate......Page 12 1. Approaches to Global Intellectual History......Page 14 Part II: Alternative Options......Page 42 2. Common Humanity and Cultural Difference on the Sedentary-Nomadic Frontier: Herodotus, Sima Qian and Ibn Khaldun......Page 44 3. Cosmopolitanism, Vernacularism, and Premodernity......Page 70 4. Joseph Banks's Intermediaries: Rethinking Global Cultural Exchange......Page 92 5. Global Intellectual History and the History of Political Economy......Page 121 6. Conceptual Universalization in the Transnational Nineteenth Century......Page 145 7. Globalizing the INtellectual Hisotry of the Idea of the "Muslim World"......Page 170 8. On the Nonglobalization of Ideas......Page 198 9. "Casting the Badge of Inferiority Beneath Black Peoples' Feet"......Page 216 10. Putting Global Intellectual History in Its Place......Page 239 11. Making and Taking Worlds......Page 265 Part III: Concluding Reflections......Page 292 12. How Global Do We Want Our Intellectual History to Be?......Page 294 13. Global Intellectual History......Page 306 Contributors......Page 332 Index......Page 336 Where do ideas fit into historical accounts that take an expansive, global view of human movements and events? Teaching scholars of intellectual history to incorporate transnational perspectives into their work, while also recommending how to confront the challenges and controversies that may arise, this original resource explains the concepts, concerns, practice, and promise of "global intellectual history," featuring essays by leading scholars on various approaches that are taking shape across the discipline. The contributors to __Global Intellectual History__ explore the different ways in which one can think about the production, dissemination, and circulation of "global" ideas and ask whether global intellectual history can indeed produce legitimate narratives. They discuss how intellectuals and ideas fit within current conceptions of global frames and processes of globalization and proto-globalization, and they distinguish between ideas of the global and those of the transnational, identifying what each contributes to intellectual history. A crucial guide, this collection sets conceptual coordinates for readers eager to map an emerging area of study. Where do ideas fit into historical accounts that take an expansive, global view of human movements and events? Teaching scholars of intellectual history to incorporate transnational perspectives into their work, while also recommending how to confront the challenges and controversies that may arise, this original resource explains the concepts, concerns, practice, and promise of "global intellectual history," featuring essays by leading scholars on various approaches that are taking shape across the discipline. The contributors to Global Intellectual History explore the different ways in which one can think about the production, dissemination, and circulation of "global" ideas and ask whether global intellectual history can indeed produce legitimate narratives. They discuss how intellectuals and ideas fit within current conceptions of global frames and processes of globalization and protoglobalization, and they distinguish between ideas of the global and those of the transnational, identifying what each contributes to intellectual history. -- from dust jacket Where do ideas fit in historical accounts that take an expansive, global view of human movements and events? Teaching intellectual history scholars to incorporate transnational perspectives into their work, while also advising them how to handle the challenges and controversies that may arise, this original resource explains the concepts, practice, concerns, and promise of?global intellectual history," featuring essays from leading scholars on an array of approaches taking shape across the discipline. Contributors explore the different ways one can think about the production, diss