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Product Description THE THINKERS, THE THOUGHTS, AND THE THEORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. With A World of Ideas, you can get to the bottom of the big bang theory; find out where Freud's ideas were coming from, and where Einstein's might take us; demystify surrealism and structuralism, communism and capitalism. Prepared with the assistance of an academic board of leading scholars, this invaluable reference includes - Hundreds of entries, alphabetically arranged, with key words and concepts highlighted and cross-referenced--more than two thousand in all - A special emphasis on multicultural influences and contemporary thought - A comprehensive index giving easy access to all essential terms and names A World of Ideas is an indispensable resource for the curious reader. From the Inside Flap THE THINKERS, THE THOUGHTS, AND THE THEORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. With A World of Ideas, you can get to the bottom of the big bang theory; find out where Freud's ideas were coming from, and where Einstein's might take us; demystify surrealism and structuralism, communism and capitalism. Prepared with the assistance of an academic board of leading scholars, this invaluable reference includes - Hundreds of entries, alphabetically arranged, with key words and concepts highlighted and cross-referenced--more than two thousand in all - A special emphasis on multicultural influences and contemporary thought - A comprehensive index giving easy access to all essential terms and names A World of Ideas is an indispensable resource for the curious reader. From the Back Cover THE THINKERS, THE THOUGHTS, AND THE THEORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. With The Dictionary of Important Ideas and Thinkers, you can get to the bottom of the big bang theory; find out where Freud's ideas were coming from, and where Einstein's might take us; demystify surrealism and structuralism, communism and capitalism. Prepared with the assistance of an academic board of leading scholars, this invaluable reference includes-- Hundreds of entries, alphabetically arranged, with key words and concepts highlighted and cross-referenced -- more than two thousand in all-- Special emphasis on multicultural influences and contemporary thought-- A comprehensive index giving easy access to all essential terms and names The Dictionary of Important Ideas and Thinkers is an indispensable resource for the curious reader. Selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club and the Quality Paperback Book Club About the Author Chris Rohmann is the former editor and project manager for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. It all began with dialectical materialism. I was aware of the term, had seen or heard it used a hundred times. But one day, finding it mentioned in a magazine article, I realized I had no idea exactly what it is and couldn't accurately define it. The brief dictionary definition didn't help much, and it didn't appear at all in my desk encyclopedia. It occurred to me that lots of other concepts, old and new, were vaguely familiar but elusive: ideas I'd heard of or learned something about in school but now had a faded impression of, at best. Wouldn't it be great to have a dictionary of ideas, I thought--not things or events, but those intangibles that fuel our thoughts: theories, philosophies, beliefs, ideologies, and the thinkers who have articulated them. That set me on a search through bookstores and libraries for the volume I had in mind: a compact, alphabetical guide to significant ideas and thinkers, with entries long enough to enlighten but short enough to digest, covering all fields of thought and written in ordinary English. I couldn't find it, so I wrote it. The book you are holding represents the fruits of what I now think of as my second college education, one pursue
