Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title Page; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part One: Approaches to Intellectual History; Chapter One: The Identity of Intellectual History; Introduction; The practice of intellectual history; 'Read like a critic'; Intellectual history and the history of disciplines; Conclusion; References; Chapter Two: Intellectual History and Historismus in Post-War England; Introduction: The history of political thought and the history of historiography; Friedrich Meinecke and Historismus; Historismus : from historical method to history of historiography. Conclusion: Historismus and émigré scholarshipReferences; Further reading; Chapter Three: Intellectual History in the Modern University; Introduction; The Sussex anomaly; John Burrow as an intellectual historian; Burrow and the working intellectual historian; Conclusion; References; Further reading;

A Companion to Intellectual History provides an in-depth survey of the practice of intellectual history as a discipline. Forty newly-commissioned chapters showcase leading global research with broad coverage of every aspect of intellectual history as it is currently practiced. Presents an in-depth survey of recent research and practice of intellectual history Written in a clear and accessible manner, designed for an international audience Surveys the various methodologies that have arisen and the main historiographical debates that concern intellectual historians Pays special attention to contemporary controversies, providing readers with the most current overview of the field Demonstrates the ways in which intellectual historians have contributed to the history of science and medicine, literary studies, art history and the history of political thought.