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Ref CB9 .N49 2005 New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
This 6 volume dictionary updates the 1973-74 edition in reference. This New dictionary expands the focus of the first edition from entries discussing influential texts in the history of ideas, to promoting "interdisciplinarity" and looking at topic of global concern from diverse perspectives

This reference tool should be a great asset to students in all areas of the curriculum.
Students in religious studies could explore some of the following topics: jihad; Buddhism; heresy and apostasy; immortaity and the afterlife; Jainism; Judaism; miracles; natural theology; mysticism; orthodox; and Zionism, just to select a few.
Students in the social sciences could explore: world systems theory, Latin America; borders borderlands and frontiers, global; civil disobedience; diasporas, empire and imperialism; critical race theory; queer theory; genocide; migration; and women's history.
Students in Nursing and the health sciences could explore: health and disease; medicine( from several perspectives--China, Europe and the US, India, and Islamic medicine); motherhood and maternity;
Students in the arts could explore: images, icons and idols; love, Western notions of; text/textuality; theater and performance; third cinema; romanticism in literature and politics; third world literature; gender in art; and tragedy and comedy--just to name a few.
Students in the Sciences could explore: wildlife, environmental ethics; environmental history; genetics (history and contemporary chemistry); religion and science; scientific revolution; etc.

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