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Peter Ghosh

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Peter R. Ghosh (/ɡəʊst/; GOST;[1] born December 1954, Sutton Coldfield) is a British historian.

Career

Ghosh has been a Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford since 1982.

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, from the Enlightenment to the present.[2]

He has written for the London Review of Books[3] and appeared on In Our Time discussing Max Weber.[4]

Personal life

Peter Ghosh is married to Dame Helen Ghosh.[1]

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

  1. ^ a b Moreton, Cole (3 March 2013). "Dame Helen Ghosh says: 'I believe the Government will talk to the National Trust'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Mr Peter Ghosh". History Faculty. University of Oxford. 12 February 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  3. ^ "Peter Ghosh". London Review of Books. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Weber's The Protestant Ethic". In Our Time (BBC Radio 4). BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 2 August 2014.