Fifty Thinkers Who Shaped the Modern World

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, History
Cover of the book Fifty Thinkers Who Shaped the Modern World by Stephen Trombley, Atlantic Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Stephen Trombley ISBN: 9781782390381
Publisher: Atlantic Books Publication: May 1, 2014
Imprint: Atlantic Books Language: English
Author: Stephen Trombley
ISBN: 9781782390381
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Publication: May 1, 2014
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Language: English

The development of modern thought is traced through a sequence of accessible profiles of the most influential thinkers in every domain of intellectual endeavor since 1789

No major representative of post-Enlightenment thought escapes Trombley's attention in this history: the German idealists Kant, Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel; the utilitarians Bentham and Mill; the transcendentalists Emerson and Thoreau; Kierkegaard and the existentialists; founders of new fields of inquiry such as Weber, Durkheim, and C.S. Peirce; the analytic philosophers Russell, Moore, Whitehead, and Wittgenstein; political leaders from Mohandas K. Gandhi to Adolf Hitler; and—last but not least—the four shapers-in-chief of our modern world: the philosopher, historian, and political theorist Karl Marx; the naturalist Charles Darwin, proposer of the theory of evolution; Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis; and the theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, begetter of the special and general theories of relativity and founder of post-Newtonian physics. This book offers a crisp analysis of their key ideas, and in some cases a reevaluation of their importance as we proceed into the 21st century.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The development of modern thought is traced through a sequence of accessible profiles of the most influential thinkers in every domain of intellectual endeavor since 1789

No major representative of post-Enlightenment thought escapes Trombley's attention in this history: the German idealists Kant, Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel; the utilitarians Bentham and Mill; the transcendentalists Emerson and Thoreau; Kierkegaard and the existentialists; founders of new fields of inquiry such as Weber, Durkheim, and C.S. Peirce; the analytic philosophers Russell, Moore, Whitehead, and Wittgenstein; political leaders from Mohandas K. Gandhi to Adolf Hitler; and—last but not least—the four shapers-in-chief of our modern world: the philosopher, historian, and political theorist Karl Marx; the naturalist Charles Darwin, proposer of the theory of evolution; Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis; and the theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, begetter of the special and general theories of relativity and founder of post-Newtonian physics. This book offers a crisp analysis of their key ideas, and in some cases a reevaluation of their importance as we proceed into the 21st century.

More books from Atlantic Books

Cover of the book Reel History by Stephen Trombley
Cover of the book Spinal Manipulation Made Simple by Stephen Trombley
Cover of the book Aya Awakenings by Stephen Trombley
Cover of the book Saving the White Lions by Stephen Trombley
Cover of the book Sonny Umpad's Eskrima by Stephen Trombley
Cover of the book The Book of Herbal Wisdom by Stephen Trombley
Cover of the book Endless Path by Stephen Trombley
Cover of the book Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Volume Five by Stephen Trombley
Cover of the book Spiritual Bypassing by Stephen Trombley
Cover of the book Sleight of Hand by Stephen Trombley
Cover of the book Quid Pro Quo by Stephen Trombley
Cover of the book All of a Winter's Night by Stephen Trombley
Cover of the book Psychic Psychology by Stephen Trombley
Cover of the book Creating Peace by Being Peace by Stephen Trombley
Cover of the book There Is a Cure for Diabetes, Revised Edition by Stephen Trombley
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy