50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know - Hardcover

Dupre, Ben

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ISBN 10: 1847249868 ISBN 13: 9781847249869

Verlag: Quercus Publishing, 2009

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50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know is a concise, accessible and popular guide to the central tenets of Western thought. Every important principle of philosophy, religion, politics, economics, the arts and the sciences is profiled in a series of short illustrated essays, complemented by an informative array of timelines and box features. Platonism, The Soul, Communism, Aristotelianism, Faith, Fascism, The Golden rule, Atheism, Racism, Altruism, Secularism, Feminism, Pluralism, Fundamentalism, Islamism, Liberty, Creationism, Capitalism, Toleration, War, Globalization, Scepticism, Duty, Classicism, Reason, Utopia, Romanticism, Punishment, Liberalism, Modernism, Materialism, Democracy, Surrealism, Relativism, Conservatism, Censorship, Utilitarianism, Imperialism, Big Bang, Existentialism, Nationalism, Chaos, Evil, Social contract, Evolution, Fate, Republicanism, Relativity, Quantum mechanics, Gaia.

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Platonism. Aristotelianism. The golden rule. Altruism. Liberty. Tolerance. Scepticism. Reason. Punishment. Materialism. Relativism. Utilitarianism. Existentialism. Evil. Fate. Soul. Faith. Fundamentalism. Atheism. Secularism. Creationism. War. Duty. Utopia. Liberalism. Democracy. Conservatism. Imperialism. Nationalism. Multiculturalism. The social contract. Republicanism. Communism. Fascism. Racism. Feminism. Islamism. Capitalism. Globalization. Classicism. Romanticism. Modernism. Surrealism. Censorship. Evolution. Gaia. Chaos. Relativity. Quantum mechanics. The Big Bang.

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• Verlag: Quercus Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1847249868
• ISBN 13: 9781847249869
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208