Peter R. Ghosh (; ;
born December 1954,
Sutton Coldfield) is a British historian, specialising in the history of ideas and historiography.
Career
Ghosh has been Jean Duffield Fellow in Modern History at
St Anne's College, Oxford
St Anne's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It was founded in 1879 and gained full college status in 1959. Originally a women's college, it has admitted men since 1979. It has some 450 undergraduate and ...
since 1982.
He is also an associate professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford.
He has two related research interests: first, the interface between political ideas and
English politics, c. 1850 – 1895; secondly, the evolution of Western European and British ideas, including
historiography
Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiography of a specific topic covers how historians hav ...
, from
the Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment or the Enlightenment; german: Aufklärung, "Enlightenment"; it, L'Illuminismo, "Enlightenment"; pl, Oświecenie, "Enlightenment"; pt, Iluminismo, "Enlightenment"; es, La Ilustración, "Enlightenment" was an intel ...
to the present.
He has written for the ''
London Review of Books
The ''London Review of Books'' (''LRB'') is a British literary magazine published twice monthly that features articles and essays on fiction and non-fiction subjects, which are usually structured as book reviews.
History
The ''London Review ...
'' and appeared on ''
In Our Time In Our Time may refer to:
* ''In Our Time'' (1944 film), a film starring Ida Lupino and Paul Henreid
* ''In Our Time'' (1982 film), a Taiwanese anthology film featuring director Edward Yang; considered the beginning of the "New Taiwan Cinema"
* ''In ...
'' discussing
Max Weber
Maximilian Karl Emil Weber (; ; 21 April 186414 June 1920) was a German Sociology, sociologist, historian, jurist and political economy, political economist, who is regarded as among the most important theorists of the development of Modernity, ...
.
Personal life
Peter Ghosh is married to
Dame Helen Ghosh.
Works
* ''Politics and Culture in Victorian Britain: Essays in Memory of Colin Matthew'' (2006)
* ''A Historian Reads Max Weber: Essays on the Protestant Ethic'' (2008)
* ''Max Weber and 'The Protestant Ethic': Twin Histories'' (2014)
* ''Max Weber in Context: Essays in the History of German Ideas C. 1870-1930'' (2016)
References
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British historians
Fellows of St Anne's College, Oxford
1954 births
Living people