An edition of The shape of the new
(2015)
The shape of the new
four big ideas and how they made the modern world
by Scott L. Montgomery
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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.
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Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World
2016, Princeton University Press
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Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World
2016, Princeton University Press
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2015, Princeton University Press
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Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World
2015, Princeton University Press
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Indeas as historical forces
Inventors of Modernity and What Became of Their Ideas. 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.
Secular and Religious Reactions Against Enlightenment. Counter-enlightenment: from anti-modernism to fascism
Christian fundamentalism: the politics of God in America
Purifying Islam: the Muslim reaction against the Western enlightenment
The power of ideas and the importance of the humanities.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages [439]-471) and index.
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