Bibliograph

The shape of the new, four big ideas and how they made the modern world, Scott L. Montgomery and Daniel Chirot

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The shape of the new, four big ideas and how they made the modern world, Scott L. Montgomery and Daniel Chirot

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-471) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The shape of the new

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

891718764

Responsibility statement

Scott L. Montgomery and Daniel Chirot

Sub title

four big ideas and how they made the modern world

Summary

Examines "Adam Smith, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Charles Darwin, and Karl Marx--heirs of the Enlightenment who embodied its highest ideals about progress--and shows how their thoughts, over time and in the hands of their followers and opponents, transformed the very nature of our beliefs, institutions, economies, and politics"--Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

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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