The Shape of the New : : Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World / / Daniel Chirot, Scott L. Montgomery.
This panoramic book tells the story of how revolutionary ideas from the Enlightenment about freedom, equality, evolution, and democracy have reverberated through modern history and shaped the world as we know it today.A testament to the enduring power of ideas, The Shape of the New offers unforgetta...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Ideas as Historical Forces
- Part I. Inventors of Modernity and What Became of Their Ideas
- Part II. Secular and Religious Reactions Against Enlightenment
- Conclusion: The Power of Ideas and the Importance of the Humanities
- Bibliography
- Index