Instituting Intellectual History: the ins and outs of academic intellectual historyNo ideas but in things. — William Carlos Williams At the closing panel of the third annual U.S. Intellectual History conference, whose theme was “Intellectuals and Their Publics,” the ghost of Christopher Lasch very much haunted the halls. A number of former graduate students, and even Lasch’s own daughter, delivered eloquent, forceful talks in response to the question “Intellectual History for What?” They urged colleagues and students to work not only as specialized scholars, but also as cultural and social critics. Christopher Lasch.But a question from a younger colleague in Read more