HISA1031 Intellectual History I (5 cr)

The course is an introduction to intellectual history. The focus of the course is on the different approaches of the intellectual history and on the most important long-term themes in the history of political and economic thought. 

• is familiar with the methodology of intellectual history and the history of ideas
• is able to analyse the most important long-term themes in the history of political and economic thought.
• is able to critically evaluate the central message of ideas in their historical context
• recognizes the connections between the history of political and economic thought and contemporary debates

The focus of the course may vary based on the implementation of the course.

Original sources and literature agreed with the teacher. 

When taking the book exam, one compulsory work for everyone (Whatmore 2016) and two optional works are selected from the following list so that the number of credits is 5 credits.

In the book exam, it is mandatory for everyone:

Richard Whatmore, What Intellectual History? (Polity Press 2016). (1 credits)

In addition, two of the following:

Roger E. Backhouse & Keith Tribe: The History of Economics (Agenda publishing 2017). (2 credits)

Allister Chapman, John Coffer & Brad S. Gregory (eds.): Seeing Things Their Way: Intellectual History and the Return of Religion (University of Notre Dame: Notre Dame Press 2009). (2 credits)

Jonas Gerlings & Ere Nokkala (eds.): The Process of Enlightenment (Liverpool University Press 2024). (2 credits)

Bruce Haddock: A History of Political Thought from Antiquity to Present. Cambridge (Polity Press 2008). (2 credits)

Kaarlo Havu & Huhtinen Johannes (toim.): Ajatusten näyttämö. Julkisen keskustelun synty varhaismodernissa Euroopassa (Gaudeamus 2022). (2 credits)

Darrin M. McMahon & Samuel Moyn (eds.): Rethinking Modern European Intellectual History (Oxford University Press 2014). (2 credits)

Martina Reuter (eds.): Miesvaltaa murtamassa. Varhaisten feministien filosofisia kirjoituksia. (Gaudeamus 2021). (2 credits)

Helena Rosenblatt: The Lost History of Liberalism. From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-first Century. (Princeton University Press 2018). (2 credits)