description: The most successful reader of its kind, A World of Ideas introduces first-year writing students to the thinkers and writers whose ideas have shaped civilization: for example, Niccolò Machiavelli on government, Elizabeth Cady Stanton on justice, and Sigmund Freud on the mind.  Because students perceive these writers as important, they take the writing course seriously: they learn to read more attentively, think more critically, and write more effectively.  No other composition reader offers a comparable collection of important readings along with the supportive apparatus students need to understand, analyze, and respond to them.
title: A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers
titlecomplete: A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers
genres: History, Textbooks, Philosophy, Sociology, Reference, School, Literature, Writing, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 380