Hegel, Revolution, and Historicism (Prof. Richard Bourke)

06/30/23 • 31 min

Interventions | The Intellectual History Podcast

How does skepticism serve history? What lessons does Hegel hold for the modern historian? Why is an understanding of historical consciousness so important across the humanities? These are some of the questions we asked Richard Bourke, Professor of the History of Political Thought at the University of Cambridge.

Publications mentioned in this episode include:

István Hont and Michael Ignatieff, Wealth and Virtue: The Shaping of Political Economy in the Scottish Enlightenment (CUP: 1983)

Richard Bourke, Peace in Ireland: The War of Ideas (Pimlico: 2003)

Richard Bourke, Empire and Revolution: The Political Life of Edmund Burke (Princeton University Press: 2015)

Richard Bourke and Quentin Skinner, eds. History in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CUP: 2002)

Richard Bourke, Hegel’s World Revolutions (Princeton University Press: forthcoming, 2023)

Publications mentioned in this episode include:

István Hont and Michael Ignatieff, Wealth and Virtue: The Shaping of Political Economy in the Scottish Enlightenment (CUP: 1983)

Richard Bourke, Peace in Ireland: The War of Ideas (Pimlico: 2003)

Richard Bourke, Empire and Revolution: The Political Life of Edmund Burke (Princeton University Press: 2015)

Richard Bourke and Quentin Skinner, eds. History in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CUP: 2002)

Richard Bourke, Hegel’s World Revolutions (Princeton University Press: forthcoming, 2023)

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Spinoza, Feminism, and the History of Philosophy (Prof. Susan James)

What makes the seventeenth century such a fascinating period in the history of philosophy? In what ways does Spinoza speak to contemporary philosophical problems? And in what sense is philosophy an inherently historical discipline? These are some of the questions that we asked Susan James, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College London.

Some books and papers mentioned in this episode are:

Augustine of Hippo: A Biography by Peter Brown

The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt

Spinoza on philosophy, religion, and politics: the Theologico-political treatise by Susan James

'Responding Emotionally to Fiction: A Spinozist Approach' by Susan James

Early Modern French Thought by Michael Moriarty

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This episode's hosts: Michael Kretowicz & Charlotte Johann.