The shape of the new : four big ideas and how they made the modern world / Scott L. Montgomery and Daniel Chirot.
Montgomery, Scott L., author.; Chirot, Daniel, author.
2015
CB358 .M66 2015 (Mapit)
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Title
The shape of the new : four big ideas and how they made the modern world / Scott L. Montgomery and Daniel Chirot.
Author
Montgomery, Scott L., author.
ISBN
9780691150642 hardcover alkaline paper
0691150648 hardcover alkaline paper
Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Language
English
Description
x, 492 pages ; 25 cm
Call Number
CB358 .M66 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
909.4
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-471) and index.
Added Author
Chirot, Daniel, author.
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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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