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distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
A study of fundamentalism in the Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim religions, discussing what this type of religiosity means, how and for what reasons it has developed, what it reveals about modern culture, and how it should be dealt with.
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Language
English
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"One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2015" "One of Bloomberg Businessweek's Best Books of 2015, chosen by Diana Farrell" "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016"
How four revolutionary ideas from the Enlightenment shaped today's world
This panoramic book tells the story of how revolutionary ideas from the Enlightenment about freedom, equality, evolution, and democracy have reverberated through modern history and shaped...
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Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Marilynne Robinson discusses the relationship between religion and science and the importance of individual reflection and challenges the views of atheists and others who consider scientific reasoning to be logically infallible.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
As a social institution, caste changed markedly under British colonial rule. First, examine how the British encountered caste and tried to understand it. Then see how caste became significantly linked with the colonial tax revenue system. Take account of the ways in which caste distinctions became more prominent, codified, and pervasive under colonialism.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A revived interest in the literary and historical works of classical Greece and Rome unleashes new ideas about the qualifications of a gentleman, the role of women, and the expectations of a prince - with a resulting emphasis on textual accuracy, literacy, education, and the human and practical.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Lenin's early experiments with forced collectivization at home and revolution abroad are disastrous for the Soviet Union's domestic and foreign policy and even worse for its people. When Lenin dies, a vicious power struggle results in the rise of Josef Stalin.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The European powers, as well as the United States, seek new empires overseas. The resulting competition for colonies breeds conflict between nations that otherwise have no reason to fight, a factor that in the long run contributes to World War I.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The 200 years of Britain’s colonial rule of India was a time of seminal transformation and change - for India, for Britain, and for the world. In A History of British India, explore how the British took power in India, built a massive economic machine, and ruled until India’s 1947 independence. You’ll relive a crucial era in international relations, one with deep and lasting implications.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The Industrial Revolution is primarily a northern and western European phenomenon. Elsewhere, the big issue is nationalism, and the failure of the Congress of Vienna to take nationalism and liberalism into account leads to revolutions across Europe throughout the next 30 years.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The Reformation splits Europe into opposing camps, producing a series of bloodbaths culminating in the Thirty Years' War, the near-bankruptcy of Spain, and the eventual conviction that perhaps religious matters are best settled peacefully.
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