Shape of the new : four big ideas and how they made the modern world
Material type: TextPublication details: New Jersey : Princeton University, ©2015Description: x, 492 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780691150642
- 909.4 MON-T
- CB358 .M66 2015
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Modernizing an ancient god: evangelical Christianity 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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