The shape of the new : four big ideas and how they made the modern world

The shape of the new : four big ideas and how they made the modern world / Scott L. Montgomery and Daniel Chirot.

Author/creator	Montgomery, Scott L. author.
Other author/creator	Chirot, Daniel author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Description	x, 492 pages ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Civilization, Modern. Intellectual life--History. Philosophy, Modern--History.

Contents	Adam Smith: the science of man, morality, and money -- Karl Marx: the tragic consequences of a brilliant theory -- Charles Darwin: struggle and selection in the realm of ideas -- Making democracy: the Jefferson-Hamilton debates -- Counter-enlightenment: from anti-modernism to fascism -- Modernizing an ancient god: evangelical Christianity in America -- Purifying Islam: the Muslim reaction against the Western enlightenment -- Conclusion: the power of ideas and the importance of the humanities.
Abstract	Examines "Adam Smith, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Charles Darwin, and Karl Marx--heirs of the Enlightenment who embodied its highest ideals about progress--and shows how their thoughts, over time and in the hands of their followers and opponents, transformed the very nature of our beliefs, institutions, economies, and politics"--Amazon.com.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-471) and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2014037906
ISBN	9780691150642 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN	0691150648 (hardback : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	CB358 .M66 2015	✔ Available	Place Hold