Ideas that changed the world
By: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Edition: [2009 ed.].
Publisher: Fall River Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781435114982
Copyright date: 2003
Subjects: Intellectual life; History; Civilization; World history; Diffusion of innovations
Description: Presents the big themes in philosophy and history, and reveals how certain ideas have shaped our civilization. Respected historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto offers an unashamedly personal analysis on a wide range of ideas--from the afterlife to taboo foods--that will keep readers enthralled.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The mind of the hunter 30,000-10,000 BC --; title: Out of the mud 10,000-1,000 BC --; title: Thus spake Zarathustra 1,000 BC-0 AD --; title: Thinking religions 0-1400 AD --; title: Back to the future 1400-1800 --; title: The illusion of progress 1800-1900 --; title: The age of uncertainty 1900-2000.