Peter Watson (intellectual historian)

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Peter Watson (b. 1943) is an intellectual historian and author from London, England. He was educated at the University of Durham, University of London, and University of Rome. He was the deputy editor of New Society, and was on the "Insight" team of The Sunday Times for four years. He was also the New York correspondent of The Times, and has written for The New York Times, The Sunday Times, The Observer, Punch, and The Spectator. He has also been a television presenter for the arts. In June 1997, he was appointed Research Associate, based in London and France, at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge. He has written thirteen books.[1][2]

[edit] Ideas: A history of thought and invention, from fire to Freud

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This book offers a broad overview of human intellectual and cultural development. Included in the book is a chronology of ideas, with approximate dates:

[edit] Books

  • The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities from Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums (2006) ISBN 1-58648-402-8 (with Cecilia Todeschini)
  • Ideas: A history of thought and invention, from fire to Freud (2005) ISBN 0-06-621064-X
  • Modern Mind: An intellectual history of the 20th century (2001) ISBN 0-06-008438-3 (published elsewhere as "A Terrible Beauty")
  • Sotheby's: The Inside Story (1998) ISBN 0-679-41403-7
  • Landscape of Lies (1989) ISBN 1-933397-18-7
  • The Caravaggio Conspiracy (1984) ISBN 0385170696

[edit] References

  1. ^ Peter Watson, Modern Mind: An intellectual history of the 20th century (2001) ISBN 0-06-008438-3
  2. ^ Peter Watson's biography at MacDonald Institute