About a very bad idea! open.substack.com/pub/standrew...

Cash is King in the Kingdom of Moneyland

Donald Trump wants to put his face on too much money

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Umberto Eco and Abulafia's Revenge open.substack.com/pub/standrew...

Umberto Eco and Abulafia's Revenge

Part 1: Prophetic parodies

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The Institute of Intellectual History is now on Substack standrewsiih.substack.com

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Founded in 2013, the Institute of Intellectual History is a hub for everyone interested in intellectual history at both the University of St Andrews and beyond. Click to read Institute of Intellectual...

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Reply by L. S. Andersen: "On the Publication of a Posthumous Book by István Hont" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

On the Publication of a Posthumous Book by István Hont: A Guide to the Perplexed

Published in History of European Ideas (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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Interview with with Georgios Varouxakis. www.intellectualhistory.net/new-work/cul...

The West: The History of an Idea — Institute of Intellectual History

In this episode, Yifan Wang and Seungeun Lee speak with Professor Georgios Varouxakis (Queen Mary) about his new book The West: The History of an Idea (PUP, 2025).

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Full article: Review of István Hont, Political economy from Pufendorf to Marx: culture, needs and property rights www-tandfonline-com.ezproxy.st-andrews.ac.uk/doi/full/10....

Debating Enlightenment - A discussion between Ann Thomson and Richard Whatmore. open.substack.com/pub/standrew...

Debating Enlightenment

Listen now | A discussion between Ann Thomson and Richard Whatmore.

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Paul Sagar's review of Political Economy from Pufendorf to Marx (by Hont et al.) : www-tandfonline-com.ezproxy.st-andrews.ac.uk/doi/full/10....

Now out: Seven hitherto unpublished papers by István Hont, "Political Economy from Pufendorf to Marx: Culture, Needs and Property Rights" (@universitypress.cambridge.org), edited by Lasse S. Andersen, with Béla Kapossy and Richard Whatmore @standrewsiih.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...

Many congratulations to Sophia Rosenfeld, whose book The Age of Choice has won @standrewsiih.bsky.social's István Hont Book Prize! Her acclaimed work is a sweeping history of the rise of personal choice in the modern world and how it became equated with freedom. Grab your copy: hubs.ly/Q0453n9-0

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In the second episode in our short series about how the history of ideas can help with the deepest puzzles of politics, David talks to political theorist Paul Sagar about the eighteenth-century polymath Adam Smith. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

Published! Get your copy now!

Out in January. cambridgeblog.org/2025/11/back...

Philosophy’s claim to universal truth is a “cultural artifact." In positing a Nietzschean genealogy to explore the violent origins of our concepts, our podcast of the week rejects any search for an abstract primordial reality. With Raymond Geuss at @standrewsiih.bsky.social buff.ly/oleBSEJ

Losing Control of Tocqueville: J. P. Mayer and the Genesis of Gallimard’s Oeuvres complètes d’Alexis de Tocqueville www-cambridge-org.ezproxy.st-andrews.ac.uk/core/journal...

New episode: Genealogy and Critique, with Raymond Geuss www.intellectualhistory.net/german-ih-li...

Genealogy and Critique, with Raymond Geuss — Institute of Intellectual History

In this episode, we interview Emeritus Professor Raymond Geuss (FBA) on the relationship between Genealogy and Critique. We discuss the relationship between Adorno, Heidegger and Nietzsche, the danger...

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🌳🎧 Start your October right - with Quentin Skinner on @rbpodcast.bsky.social. Quentin discusses his view on liberty, how freedom relates to democracy, and which limits there are to liberty in representative government. open.spotify.com/episode/3YdN...

Quentin Skinner, is republican liberty fit for the 21st century?

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Join us tomorrow at 5.15 pm. Jesse Norman MP - A Discussion of ‘Hayek’s Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right’ (by Quinn Slobodian), with James Harris and Richard Whatmore www.intellectualhistory.net/events

Events — Institute of Intellectual History

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What role did transportation costs play in Adam Smith's defence of free trade? And what effect would free trade have on agriculture? Find out about this and much more in this new article (open access) by Lasse S. Andersen www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Adam Smith and Agriculture: The Political Economy of the ‘Unnatural and Retrograde’ Order Revisited

This paper provides a reinterpretation of Adam Smith's distinction between the natural and the unnatural and retrograde order of progress. In doing so, the paper explores Smith's idea of the divisi...

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Really enjoyed discussing Erased with Selma Sondern on the "Roots and Branches" podcast @standrewsiih.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/76f2...

Patricia Owens, how do we prevent historical erasure?

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Stefan Collini, FBA. Lecture two: Careers. Beauty and the Footnote: Universities and the Study of Literature open.substack.com/pub/standrew...

Beauty and the Footnote: Universities and the Study of Literature

Lecture 2: Careers

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New article by Cailean Gallagher: The Jacobite groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Stefan Collini, FBA - Beauty and the Footnote: Universities and the Study of Literature. (The Donald Winch Lecture in Intellectual History, 2022). open.substack.com/pub/standrew...

Stefan Collini - Beauty and the Footnote: Universities and the Study of Literature

Lecture 1: Justifications

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The @standrewsiih.bsky.social has launched a fantastic new podcast! It's called Roots and Branches and the first episode with Richard Whatmore is already out! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/1...

#1 Richard Whatmore, can Intellectual History save liberty?

Podcast Episode · Roots and Branches · 01/07/2025 · 1 sec

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Join us as we uncover why history matters and how it continues to influence the present and future. www.intellectualhistory.net/roots-and-br...

Roots and Branches Podcast I Why History Matters — Institute of Intellectual History

Discover how ideas shape our world with the Roots and Branches podcast from the University of St Andrews. Monthly episodes trace intellectual history from its roots to real-world impact—listen, learn ...

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Great news for T. R. Malthus scholars! An archive with the papers of the late historian John Pullen (1933 - 2022) has been established at the Intellectual History Archive - with more material being added week by week. Explore the archive here: rb.gy/clx2s2

📢 Join us for the 2025 Winch Lectures at St Andrews by Melissa Lane (Princeton) on "Authors of the Laws: Rethinking Rousseau through Ancient Lawgivers" 📅 12–14 May
📍School V & Old Class Library
🍷 Reception Mon 12 May @standrewshist.bsky.social @saims.bsky.social @staclassics.bsky.social

Today at 17:15. Katharina Reitzler (University of Sussex): ‘Women’s International Thought in U.S. Public Culture: A Divided History’ Find us in St Katharine's Lodge, Room 1.10.

Hugo Drochon ‘Centrism from the French Revolution to Today’ Wednesday 2 April 2025 17:15-18:30 St Katharine's Lodge Room 1.10 www.intellectualhistory.net/events

Events — Institute of Intellectual History

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Part 2 of The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought: 20th Anniversary Publication Celebration is now online on @standrewsiih.bsky.social YouTube channel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Q3...

The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought: 20th Anniversary Publication Celebration (Part 2)

YouTube video by StAndrewsIIH

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