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1) The Italian Renaissance: culture and society in Italy

Author

Burke, Peter

Pub. Date

1987.

Edition

Rev. ed.

Language

English

2) Vico

Author

Burke, Peter

Pub. Date

1985.

Language

English

3) Identity Theory: Revised and Expanded

Author

Burke, Peter J

Pub. Date

2023

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English

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The concept of identity has become widespread within the social and behavioral sciences, cutting across disciplines from psychiatry and psychology to political science and sociology. Introduced more than fifty years ago, identity theory is a social psychological theory that attempts to understand person's identities, their sources in interaction and society, their processes of operation, and their consequences for interaction and society from a sociological...

4) The polymath: a cultural history from Leonardo Da Vinci to Susan Sontag

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Burke, Peter

Pub. Date

[2020]

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English

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From Leonardo Da Vinci to John Dee and Comenius, from George Eliot to Oliver Sacks and Susan Sontag, polymaths have moved the frontiers of knowledge in countless ways. But history can be unkind to scholars with such encyclopaedic interests. All too often these individuals are remembered for just one part of their valuable achievements. 0In this account, renowned cultural historian Peter Burke argues for a more rounded view. Identifying 500 western...