The Shape of the New : Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World /

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Authors Montgomery and Chirot make the case that to read the works of the great thinkers is to gain insight into the ideas shape how we think and what we believe. They provide portraits of heirs of the Enlightenment that embodied its highest ideals about progress: Adam Smith, Thomas Jefferson, Alexa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Montgomery, Scott L. (Autor), Chirot, Daniel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Philosophy, Modern > History.
Intellectual history.
Civilization, Modern.
Moderne
Aufklärung
Zivilisationsprozess
Politische Philosophie
Demokratie
Fortschritt
Gleichheit
Freiheit
Philosophy, Modern.
Intellectual life.
Intellectual life > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Adam Smith: the science of man, morality, and money
  • Karl Marx: the tragic consequences of a brilliant theory
  • Charles Darwin: struggle and selection in the realm of ideas
  • Making democracy: the Jefferson-Hamilton debates
  • Counter-enlightenment: from anti-modernism to fascism
  • Christian fundamentalism: the politics of God in America
  • Purifying Islam: the Muslim reaction against the Western enlightenment
  • Conclusion: the power of ideas and the importance of the humanities.

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