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 * Introduce the history of the History of Mentalities, including the origin of the term and those that developed the methodology behind the History of Mentalities. Namely, discuss the works of Georges Duby and Roger Chartier and their importance as historians of the Annales school, which helped develop and idea of total history that might encompass the history of mentalities. Here it is also important to introduce Michael Harsgor's article and analyze the development of the total history that would provide the backdrop to the history of mentalities.
 * The article has some definitional aspects regarding the history of mentalities, but it would be useful to improve or expand upon that definition and also describe the importance and meaning of the term culture in describing the history of mentalities.
 * Discuss the work of Carlo Ginzburg (The Cheese and the Worms) as well as the work of Robert Darnton in providing a more focused methodological setting in which the history of mentalities could develop. It might be prudent to bring up the influence of Clifford Geertz and of ethnographic methodology taken from the field of anthropology and its influence on Robert Darnton's work. This will provide another methodological component (along with the Annales) that will solidify the methodological framework in which the history of mentalities developed.
 * Here it will be important to provide the response among historians to the history of mentalities and the impact of anthropology on the field of history. Specifically, I would like to incorporate aspects of Dominick LaCapra and Roger Chartier's criticisms of Darnton as well as less favorable reviews of Ginzburg's work. I believe this is important to add because it will provide real historical debates that are occurring and situate the history of mentalities within the methodological arguments of the historical profession at large. Michael Harsgor's article has some interesting insight into this debate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bnmallard (talk • contribs) 21:47, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

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