In this paper I revisit the mid‐twentieth century body of literature founding the field of the history of ideas, emphasising the work of Arthur Lovejoy (1873–1962). This branch of intellectual history is often overshadowed by both the history of knowledge and the history of science. I will argue that the history of ideas is valuable to any historian of geography, even though some of its key arguments are justly criticised and rejected. Subsequently, I will reflect on recent examples of how histories of geography have been written and the role of geographers within a “spatial turn” taken by intellectual history. These elements will then be connected to the history of ideas, explaining why this field might be valuable to disciplinary historians, and brief reference will be made to the most explicit borrowing from this field by “idealist human geography.” The central argument is that a Lovejoyian history of ideas has contributed to the inclusion of and emphasis on certain non‐elitist voices in academia and the crossing of boundaries between disciplines, language areas and countries. Although certain epistemological aspects of this field might not withstand criticism, other aspects of what it has achieved might still be worth revisiting.

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回顾思想史：地理史学家被遗忘的资源

在本文中，我将重温20世纪中叶建立思想史领域的文学作品，重点是亚瑟·洛夫乔伊（Arthur Lovejoy，1873–1962年）的著作。知识史的这一分支常常被知识史和科学史所掩盖。我将争辩说，思想史对于任何地理史学家都是有价值的，尽管其某些关键论点受到了公正的批评和拒绝。随后，我将回顾一些最近的例子，这些例子说明了地理史是如何写作的，以及地理学家在知识史上所经历的“空间转向”中的作用。然后，这些要素将与思想史联系起来，解释为什么该领域对学科历史学家来说可能是有价值的，并将简要介绍“理想的人文地理学”从该领域最明显的借鉴。中心论点是，洛夫约亚的思想史有助于学术界中某些非精英的声音的纳入和强调，以及学科，语言领域和国家之间的界限的跨越。尽管该领域的某些认识论方面可能无法承受批评，但其成就的其他方面可能仍然值得回顾。