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  • 9780753828229
  • $35.00
  • Paperback - C Format
  • February 2010
  • 448 pages
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Ideas That Matter

A.C. Grayling

This is a book that 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 shape our world.

Covering religion, philosophy, scientific theory and political movements, each alphabetically ordered entry illuminates, elucidates and provokes. Written with Grayling's customary fire and erudition, the result is a book that aims both to arm readers with knowledge and engage them in philosophical debate.

About the Author

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.

Previous Books:
Ideas That Matter (Bfmt 9780753826188 Jan 11);
The Choice of Hercules;
The Form of Things;
Heart of Things;
Mystery of Things;
What is Good;
Meaning of Things;
Reason of Things

Other titles by A.C. Grayling

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