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'''''Intellectual history''''' refers to the [[history]] of the people who create, discuss, write about and in other ways propagate [[idea]]s. Although the field emerged from European discourses of [[Kulturgeschichte]] and [[Geistesgeschichte]], the historical study of ideas has engaged not only western intellectual traditions, including, but not limited to, those in the [[far east]], [[near east]], [[mid-east]] and [[Africa]].
''Intellectual history'' is closely related to the [[history of philosophy]] and the [[history of ideas]]. Its central perspective suggests that ideas do not change in isolation from the people who create and use them and that one must study the [[culture]], lives and environments of people to understand their notions and ideas. This is also frought with the sentiment of hostility towards, or mistrust of, intellectuals and intellectual pursuits known as [[anti-intellectualism]]. This may be expressed in various ways, such as attacks on the merits of science, education, or literature.
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[[Category: The Humanities]]
[[Category: Intellectual History]]