115. Exploring World History with Leading Historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto - Part 2

Aug 25, 2023

Esteemed world historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto discusses America's Hispanic history and its role in a changing world. They explore the shifts in international power balance, the significance of exploration and cultural exchange, and the benefits of studying history for a good life. The guest also shares insights about their upcoming book on primatology and promotes their writing, activities, and new online course.

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Introduction

00:00 • 3min

Changes in International Balance of Power: Restoring Russian Influence and the Rise of China and India

03:03 • 10min

The Spanish Contribution to American Independence

12:39 • 7min

Exploration, Cultural Exchange, and the Role of Explorers

19:26 • 26min

The Benefits of Studying History for a Good Life

45:28 • 5min

The Author's Next Book: Exploring the History of Primatology

50:25 • 3min

Promotion of Writing, Activities, and New Online Course

52:57 • 4min

The Burning Archive brings you the second in a special two-part interview with the esteemed world historian, Felipe Fernández-Armesto.

Is the world changing in ways not seen for 100 years? How can America's Hispanic past and present inform how it responds to this changing world of more equally distributed power? And what makes explorers like Magellan, Columbus and Captain James Cook such intriguing figures in world history?

In this second episode we discuss 1. Hispanic America in the Multipolar World - How has America's Hispanic History shaped its people and culture, and how can it be a basis to come to terms with a changing balance of power in the world 2. Exploration, Cultural Exchange and the Past - What fascinates people about the history of exploration, and how can it contribute to cross-cultural understanding and a sense of the past?

⁠Felipe Fernández-Armesto⁠'s latest book is Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan (Bloomsbury, 2022). He has written some of the best history books, including these discussed in the podcast:

Civilizations (Macmillan, 2000) or Civilizations: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature (Free Press, 2001)

Food: A History (Macmillan, 2001) or Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food (Free Press, 2002)
The Americas: A Hemispheric History (Modern Library, 2003) or The Americas: A History of A Hemisphere (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003)
Ideas That Changed the World (Dorling Kindersley, 2003)
Humankind: A Brief History (Oxford University Press, 2004)
Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration (W. W. Norton, 2006; Oxford University Press, 2007)
Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006; Random House, 2007)
The World: A Brief History (Pearson, 2007)
1492. The Year the World Began (HarperOne, 2009; Bloomsbury, 2010)
Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States (W. W. Norton & Co., 2014)
A Foot in the River: Why Our Lives Change–and the Limits of Evolution (Oxford University Press, 2015)
The Oxford Illustrated History of the World (Oxford University Press, 2019)
Out of Our Minds: What We Think and How We Came to Think It (Oneworld, 2019)

Keywords: history, world history, best history books, best historians, civilization, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, agricultural revolution, culture, social change, environment, climate change, mental health.

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