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Lädt ... The Modern Mind: An Intellectual History of the 20th Century (2002. Auflage)von Peter Watson (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. 12/13/21 Peter Watson has tackled a huge task in writing about ideas in the 20th century in his book, THE MODERN MIND. In my opinion he has done a commendable job in a comprehensive way. Those of us whose lives cover most of that century will find it very useful in providing our lives a context to reflect upon. Those of us who will probably spend most of our lives in the current century will undoubtedly have a firm foundation on which to understand new ideas as they come along. Mr. Watson's conclusion that the "century has been dominated intellectually by a coming to terms with science" is right on target. This conclusion provides much needed insight into our current intellectual, political, and cultural environment in our post 9/11 world. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
The author of "War on the Mind" presents a major narrative history of the thoughts, ideas, individuals, scientific discoveries, literature, and art of the 20th century. This major narrative history of the people and ideas that shaped the modern world is a brilliantly reasoned examination of the thought and individuals that made twentieth-century culture. From Freud to Babbitt, from Relativity to Susan Sontag, from Proust to Henri Bergson to Saul Bellow, the books range is encyclopedic, covering the major writers, artists, scientists, and philosophers who produced the ideas by which we live. Beginning with four seminal ideas that were introduced in 1900 -- the unconscious, the gene, the quantum, and Picasso's first paintings in Paris-Peter Watson has produced a fluent and engaging narrative of the intellectual tradition of the past century. The book is divided into four parts -- Freud to Wittgenstein; Spengler to Animal Farm; Sartre to the Sea of Tranquillity; the counterculture to Kosovo -- and there are forty-two chapters. Watson emphasizes that "the century may be understood as a period during which the scientific method colonized all modes of thought and changed the way thinking is done." He sees the first half of the century as a period of discovery and the last half as a period of analysis, synthesis, and understanding, and he explores the role of the United States in setting the century's agenda in many areas. Unlike more conventional histories, in which the focus is on political events and personalities, The Modern Mind is an illuminating blueprint of twentieth-century thought and culture and the men and women who created it. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)909.82History and Geography History World history 1800- 1900-1999, 20th centuryKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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