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Author Montgomery, Scott L., author.

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

Publication Info. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  909.4 MONTGOMERY    Check Shelf
Description x, 492 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-471) and index.
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.
Summary 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.
Subject Civilization, Modern.
Intellectual life -- History.
Philosophy, Modern -- History.
Civilization, Modern. (OCoLC)fst00863073
Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
Philosophy, Modern. (OCoLC)fst01061071
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. (NL-LeOCL)068349122
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. (NL-LeOCL)070589712
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804. (NL-LeOCL)068351704
Darwin, Charles, (Charles Robert), 1809-1882. (NL-LeOCL)068364229
Marx, Karl (Karl Heinrich), 1818-1883. (NL-LeOCL)068428421
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Chirot, Daniel, author.
ISBN 9780691150642 (hardback: alkaline paper)
0691150648 (hardback: alkaline paper)
Standard No. 40025044583
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