Ideas that changed the world
Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Bok · Engelsk · 2003
| Utgitt | London : Dorling Kindersley , 2003
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| Omfang | 400 s. : ill. (flest kol.), port.
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| Opplysninger | "Ideas are at least as powerful agents for change as material exigencies, economic needs, environmental constraints, and all the other proposed determinants." So writes noted Oxford historian Fernandez-Armesto in this overview of scores of ideas dating back to prehistoric times. The ideas examined are not always soothing or progressive: cannibalism ("typically...human and cultural"); a revival of interest in ancient Egyptian magic during the Renaissance (useful because ultimately "alchemy fed into chemistry, astrology into astronomy"); and anti-Semitism. The book is culturally inclusive: the Zen concept of Mu (the way masters "baffled their pupils into enlightenment") is here, as is jihad. Each idea is examined in a generously illustrated two-page spread, with suggested readings and links to other ideas in the book. This wide-ranging volume offers great browsing and a panoply of ideas for consideration." (Fra Amazon). - Har bibliografi. - til0404
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| ISBN | 0-7894-9609-7 : 230.40
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