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From monotheism and women's rights to the afterlife and taboo foods, this thought-provoking overview of human history and philosophy examines how important ideas have shaped civilization. BOMC. QPB Main.
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Felipe Fernandez-Armesto is a member of the Faculty of Modern History at Oxford University and has held posts as visiting professor at several institutions in the United States and Europe. He is the author of more than ten books, including Truth: A History and a Guide For the Perplexed and The Times World Atlas of Exploration.
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This copiously illustrated book begins more than 30 millennia ago and portrays human history as the product of a series of intellectual and conceptual discoveries. The author shows how our ancestors pulled themselves out of prehistory by realizing that symbols could be used to express ideas; by grasping that what we see is not necessarily what is--by, in short, having the big idea that the world operates according to rules that can be understood. By extending the history of ideas to prehistory (most histories of ideas "start late in the day, with the invention of writing"), Fernandez-Armesto offers a wealth of insights and new ways of looking at human evolution. That's not to say, however, that he doesn't cover more modern ground. Key intellectual moments in the development of science, government, society, and religion are all surveyed in accessible prose and with hundreds of fascinating illustrations. This is obviously not the last word on the history of ideas, but it makes a fascinating place to start. David Pitt
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