Before revision: Geistesgeschichte (from German Geist, "spirit" [here connoting the metaphysical realm, in contradistinction to the material], and Geschichte, "history ", "science ") is a concept in the history of ideas denoting the branch of study concerned with the undercurrents of cultural manifestations, within the history of a people, that are peculiar to a specific timeframe.
After revision: Geistesgeschichte (from German Geist, "spirit" [here connoting the metaphysical realm, in contradistinction to the material], and Geschichte, "history or "mind" ") is a concept in the history of ideas denoting the branch of study concerned with the undercurrents of cultural manifestations, within the history of a people, that are peculiar to a specific timeframe.