Ideas That Matter
a personal guide for the 21st century
$51.36
- Paperback
624 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2010
Summary
Ideas That Matter: Shaping Our World
This book celebrates the power of ideas: thought can - and does - change the world. And, in turn, ideas evolve. Fundamentalism, environmentalism and bioethics are defining our future just as Marxism, feminism or existentialism have influenced our present. So what do we need to know as we move into the 21st century?
More than a simple reference work, this is A.C Grayling’s personal and heartfelt guide to the ideas, past and present, that s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753826188 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0753826186 |
| Series: | Phoenix |
| Author: | Prof A.C. Grayling, A.C. Grayling |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2010 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 44mm |
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A series of brilliant, informative essays…provocative, forceful and informative– SUNDAY HERALD
A series of brilliant, informative essays…provocative, forceful and informative–SUNDAY HERALDA.C. Grayling has perfected the art of a philosophical vignette…A finely balanced portion of information, analysis, allusion and often profound reflection written with graceful authority–THE HERALDIf there is any such person in Britain today as ‘The Thinking Man’, it is A.C. Grayling. He provides generous help for the ethically challenged, the philosophically perplexed and the culturally confused. Clearly and succinctly, without jargon or condescension, Grayling takes on the intellectual world and names its parts. He does us great service with this useful handbook–THE TIMES
About The Author
Prof A.C. Grayling
Anthony Grayling teaches philosophy at Birkbeck College, London and is a fellow of St Anne’s College, Oxford. He is a literary journalist and broadcaster who reviews frequently in the FT and has a regular column in Prospect.
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