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Vast chronicle of evolving human thought.
If you’re intrigued by the evolution of human intellect and creativity, "Ideas: A History" is for you. Peter Watson weaves a tapestry that stretches from the earliest inklings of prehistoric cognition to the intricate web of contemporary thought. It’s not just a history book; it’s a journey through humanity’s collective mind, exploring how our ancestors’ simple concepts blossomed into the complex ideas that shape our world today.
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ISBN: 9780753820896
Authors:
Peter Watson
Publisher: W&N
Date of Publication: 2006-07-26
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.36
(rated by 1306 readers)
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A highly ambitious and lucid history of ideas from the very earliest times to the present day. In this hugely ambitious and exciting book, Peter Watson tells the history of ideas from prehistory to the present day, leading to a new way of telling the history of the world. The book begins over a million years ago with a discussion of how the earliest ideas might have originated, looking at animal behaviour that appears to require some tool-making, territoriality, counting, language (or at least sounds), and pair bonding. Peter Watson moves on to the apeman and the development of simple ideas such as cooking, the earliest language, and the emergence of family life. All the obvious areas are covered, including the Ancient Greeks, Christian theology, the ideas of Jesus, astrological thought, the soul, the self, beliefs about the heavens, the ideas of Islam, the Crusades, humanism, the Renaissance, Gutenberg and the book, the scientific revolution, the age of discovery, Shakespeare, the idea of Revolution, the Romantic imagination, Darwin, imperialism, modernism, Freud, right up to the present day and the internet.
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Vast chronicle of evolving human thought.
If you’re intrigued by the evolution of human intellect and creativity, "Ideas: A History" is for you. Peter Watson weaves a tapestry that stretches from the earliest inklings of prehistoric cognition to the intricate web of contemporary thought. It’s not just a history book; it’s a journey through humanity’s collective mind, exploring how our ancestors’ simple concepts blossomed into the complex ideas that shape our world today.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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