Insight Into Some Methodological Issues and Disputes in the Research of Intellectual History Cover Image

Увид у неке методолошке дилеме и спорења у истраживању интелектуалне историје
Insight Into Some Methodological Issues and Disputes in the Research of Intellectual History

Author(s): Pavle Antonijević
Subject(s): History, Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, History of ideas, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism
Published by: Udruženje za društvenu istoriju
Keywords: intellectual history; history of philosophy; methodology; history of ideas; linguistic contextualism; poststructuralism

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to present some methodological approaches, controversies, and dilemmas in the research of intellectual history. First, the paper shows a dispute over the subject matter and the definition of the discipline from the perspective of influential scholars in the field. The major part of the study aims to show several methodological approaches: the traditional method of the “history of ideas” in the USA, the linguistic contextualism of the “Cambridge school”, the relationship between postmodernism and intellectual history, as well as social intellectual history. Similarities and differences between selected approaches are discussed considering their contributions and shortcomings. The final part of the article examines contemporary trends within the discipline, offering one of the potential solutions for earlier crises and methodological difficulties.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 109-136
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Serbian