50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know

Resumen del libro

50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know is a concise, accessible and popular guide to the central tenets of Western thought. Every important principle of philosophy, religion, politics, economics, the arts and the sciences is profiled in a series of short illustrated essays, complemented by an informative array of timelines and box features. Platonism, The Soul, Communism, Aristotelianism, Faith, Fascism, The Golden rule, Atheism, Racism, Altruism, Secularism, Feminism, Pluralism, Fundamentalism, Islamism, Liberty, Creationism, Capitalism, Toleration, War, Globalization, Scepticism, Duty, Classicism, Reason, Utopia, Romanticism, Punishment, Liberalism, Modernism, Materialism, Democracy, Surrealism, Relativism, Conservatism, Censorship, Utilitarianism, Imperialism, Big Bang, Existentialism, Nationalism, Chaos, Evil, Social contract, Evolution, Fate, Republicanism, Relativity, Quantum mechanics, Gaia.

Biografía del autor

Ben Dupré enseña Historia Antigua en el Exeter College de Oxford, tras haberse dedicado a la edición de libros de educación. Fue el responsable de los libros de educación infantil en la editorial Oxford University Press desde 1993 hasta 2004 y, en total, cuenta con una experiencia de más de 20 años en la labor de presentar las ideas de un modo accesible y claro al público general.