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History of ideas

The history of ideas as a discipline melds history, philosophy, memetics and ideological dissemination with fashion and cross-fertilisation.

The work of Lovejoy[?] and Michel Foucault relates to this theme.

See also idea, and compare sociology of knowledge and intellectual history.



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