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A discussion of historical topics and ideas with a philosophical bias Primary Format : History Language : Unknown Also Listed as: User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of The History of Ideas Podcasts Methings.com listings of The History of Ideas Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

View the full archive of The History of Ideas 2nd Lecture Sorry Brian, Claire and I were uncordinated with the first lecture and could not get it recorded, but we have the second one! I'm sure you can get her copious notes for the first lecture. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Lecture (Ignore does not relate to podcast) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Civil War: Historical Interpretation Todays show is about the differences in historical interpretation which can be seen especially in the Civil War. No historical event shows that history is interpretation more than the Civil War. To bring up this war in a room full of people will cause sparks fly and a few punches. I engage in a rather biased view that the war was fought over slavery, but give readings of interpretations from the view of the Confederate like minded people and the Union like minded people. The point I am ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Is there a difference between the past and history? The first podcast of the "History of Ideas." I hope you enjoy it, there are some pops at first but they smooth out as I adjusted the microphone from mouth.Summary: Most people assume that history and the past are interchangeable, and for the layman that is true. But if we want to be good historians, which I want to be, these two terms need to be defined at two different entities. This show explores the differences between the two terms using a book by Keith Jenkins called "Re-thinking H ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Literary Romanticism, Historical Context, and Sorrows of Young Werther This podcast will deal with the ideas of Romanticism in the early 1800's and contextualize it with the Industrial Revolution. As well, we will try to define what exactly Romanticism is. At the end of the podcast, there are two selected passages I read to get the feel of how Werther rejected the world and eventually his life. Romanticism: 1. Counter-Culture (which can be argued) 2. Rejection of the Enlightenment. 3. Emphasizes Art and Nature(with a big A and N!) If you have any quest ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |