One of the most distinguished cultural and intellectual historians of our time, Frank Turner taught a landmark Yale University lecture course on European intellectual history that drew scores of students over many years. His lectures—lucid, accessible, beautifully written, and delivered with a notable lack of jargon—distilled modern European history from the Enlightenment to the dawn of the twentieth century and conveyed the turbulence of a rapidly changing era in European history through its ideas and leading figures.
Richard A. Lofthouse, one of Turner’s former students, has now edited the lectures into a single volume that outlines the thoughts of a great historian on the forging of modern European ideas. Moreover, it offers a fine example of how intellectual history should be taught: rooted firmly in historical and biographical evidence.
Frank M. Turner (1944–2010) was John Hay Whitney Professor of History, director of the Beinecke Library, and university librarian, all at Yale University. Richard A. Lofthouse is editor of Oxford Today and formerly lecturer in modern history, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
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Frank Turner, mmoja wa wanahistoria mashuhuri wa kitamaduni na kiakili wa wakati wetu, alifundisha kozi ya hotuba ya Chuo Kikuu cha Yale juu ya historia ya kiakili ya Ulaya ambayo ilivutia wanafunzi wengi kwa miaka mingi. Hotuba zake - wazi, kupatikana, vizuri imeandikwa, na kutolewa na ukosefu wa jargon - distilled historia ya kisasa ya Ulaya kutoka Enlightenment kwa mapambazuko ya karne ya ishirini na alitoa msukosuko wa enzi ya mabadiliko ya haraka katika historia ya Ulaya kupitia mawazo yake na takwimu za kuongoza. Richard A. Lofthouse, mmoja wa wanafunzi wa zamani wa Turner, sasa amepanga hotuba hizo katika kitabu kimoja ambacho kinaelezea mawazo ya mwanahistoria huyo mkuu juu ya kuundwa kwa mawazo ya kisasa ya Ulaya. Zaidi ya hayo, inatoa mfano mzuri wa jinsi historia ya kiakili inapaswa kufundishwa: imezikwa imara katika ushahidi wa kihistoria na wasifu. Frank M. Turner (1944-2010) alikuwa John Hay Whitney Profesa wa Historia, mkurugenzi wa Maktaba ya Beinecke, na maktaba ya chuo kikuu, wote katika Chuo Kikuu cha Yale. Richard A. Lofthouse ni mhariri wa Oxford Leo na zamani mhadhiri katika historia ya kisasa, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Kujiandikisha kwa jarida la Yale kwa habari za vitabu, ofa, vichwa vya habari vya bure na zaidi Cookies muhimu sana, lazima iwe na uwezo wakati wote ili tuweze kuhifadhi mapendekezo yako kwa mipangilio ya cookie. Kama wewe disable hii cookie, hatuwezi kuhifadhi upendeleo wako. Hii inamaanisha kwamba kila wakati unapotembelea tovuti hii utahitaji kuwezesha au kuzima kuki tena.