TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fernández-Armesto,Felipe
TI  - Ideas that changed the world
SN  - 0789496097
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Dorling Kindersley
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - History
KW  - Civilization
KW  - World history
KW  - Diffusion of innovations
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The Mind of the Hunter 30,000-10,000 BC -- Excavating the Earliest Ideas -- Eating People -- Give Me a Sign -- Parting the Mist -- All Things Invisible -- Fly Like an Eagle -- The Vision Thing -- The Golden Key -- May the Force... -- No Dice -- Around the Clock -- Mighty and Dreadful -- Buried Goods -- The Family Silver -- Take, Eat -- A Family Affair -- Pieture This -- Reading the Stars -- Seeing Double -- Good and Evil -- Black Magic -- Animal Magic -- Eat, Drink -- Fair Exchange -- Out of the Mud 10,000-1,000 BC -- From Settlement to Civilization -- Drowning the Deer -- Written on the Wind -- Outside Eden -- Lords of Creation -- The Curse of Work -- God Is a Woman -- Just Like a Woman -- No Mercy -- Take a Letter -- Watching the Flock -- Divine Majesty -- Universal Rule -- Getting Together -- Written in Stone -- A Golden Age -- Conquering Death -- Judgment Day -- Deo Volente -- Dreamtime -- Thus Spake Zarathustra 1,000 BC-0 AD -- The Age of Sages -- All Is One -- Books of Truth -- The New Illusion -- All Change -- Time's Arrow -- Exquisite Reason -- Not a Horse -- Man Is the Measure -- Count on This -- If x then y -- Matter Matters -- Smashing Atoms -- Against Supernature -- Nothing Matters -- The Scientific Method -- Good Humors -- Ethical Beings -- Top Ape -- Return of the Soul -- Happiness First -- A Capital Idea -- Legalism -- Rule of the Best -- Human Bondage -- Philosopher-Kings -- The Great Void -- Power of Thought -- No God but God -- Love Above -- Thinking Religions 0-1400 AD -- The Rise of the Great Faiths -- Big Brotherhood -- Word Made Flesh -- One in Substance -- God's Free Love -- Lightning Flash -- Dumbing Up -- Damned Time -- Wicked World -- Center of the World -- This Is my Body -- Render unto Caesar -- Islam -- I Am the State -- The Social Charter -- Scattered Grains -- Noble Education -- Noblesse Oblige -- Love Conquers All -- Impossibilism -- Mu -- Sacred Art -- Holy Terror -- Christian Soldiers -- Back to the Future 1400-1800 -- Back to the Future -- Fool's Gold -- Small World -- Here Comes the Sun -- Prove Me Wrong -- Cogito Ergo Sum -- Fallen Apple -- Invisible Powers -- Little Pests -- State First -- Brotherhood of Man -- Law of Nations -- Nasty, Brutish, Short -- Heaven's Order -- Price for Everything -- Tight Money -- Laissez-Faire -- Workers Unite -- Neverland -- Getting Better -- Cleansing the Temple -- Forced to Be Free -- The Noble Savage -- We, the People -- Nation in Arms -- Inalienable Rights -- Promontory of Asia -- The Second Sex -- Many Mouths -- If It Ain't Broke -- The Big Idea -- Reality Unveiled -- Perfect Harmony -- Back to Nature -- The Illusion of Progress 1800-1900 -- 19th-Century Frustrations -- My Country -- The Dollhouse -- Extreme Optimism -- Class Struggle -- The Greatest Good -- The Third Way -- Less Is More -- Climate of Fear -- Will to Power -- Hero Inside -- Brother Knows Best -- Just Say No -- By Other Means -- Master Morality -- War Is Good -- Chosen Victims -- Inferior by Nature -- Tooth and Claw -- Good Breeding -- Atheist Faith -- Calculating Machine -- Master Race -- Rule, Britannia -- East Meets West -- Asian Renaissance -- American Dream -- Manifest Destiny -- Dr. Strangelove -- The Age of Uncertainty 1900-2000 -- Chaos Restored -- Warped Universe -- Uncertainty -- Chaos Theory -- Common Sense -- Their own Terms -- Sleeper -- Little Man -- Back to Basics -- Many Ways -- Ax in the Sticks -- Spending for Wealth -- A Better World -- Solid Foundations -- Peasant Socialism -- Road to Freedom -- Black Is Beautiful -- Out of Africa -- The Great Chain -- Intelligence Test -- Silent Springs -- Fast Talking -- The Great Satan -- Global Village
N2  - Authoritative, Compelling, provocative: internationally respected historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto introduces you to the key historical and philosophical notions that have shaped our world since the dawn of civilization. Over 175 of the world's most pivotal ideas are crystallized and clearly explained -- from cannibalism to zen, from time to the unconscious, from logic to chaos theory. The author's wide-ranging and unashamedly personal analysis is accompanied by a stimulating mix of contemporary and historical images, bringing often hard-to-grasp concepts vividly to life. Chronologically Arranged, the format of this book nevertheless allows you to start at the beginning or dip in at any point. The connections between ground-breaking ideas are highlighted throughout, along with expert suggestions for thought-provoking further reading
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