I just noticed that there is a listing for “intellectual history” at wikipedia. Its subcategories are “Europe and the West,” “Asia and the Far East,” and “Africa and the Middle East.” What gives? Where’s the U.S.?
The listing is here.
U.S. Intellectual History Blog
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Lauren Anderson
September 9, 2011
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This means it’s up to us to come up with an outline for U.S. intellectual history!
Mike, it’s so great that you posted this. I’ve had the wikipedia entry in my e-mail since last week, trying to decide on a way to post about it here.
Step one for our entry can be David’s entry below on a “canon” and your subsequent comment. – TL
To stop the bleeding, I added pragmatism to the list of western traditions, but the page needs some serious work! Let’s get to it and fix it!
Your blog has been memed:
http://thedispersalofdarwin.blogspot.com/2008/03/another-meme-favorite-historical-figure.html