Author : Alan Macfarlane
Publisher : MacMillan
ISBN 13 : 9780333792704
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Riddle of the Modern World by : Alan Macfarlane
Download or read book The Riddle of the Modern World written by Alan Macfarlane and published by MacMillan. This book was released on 2000-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What conditions the chances of liberty, wealth, and equality at the start of the third Christian millennium? Why did human civilizations develop so slowly for thousands of years, and then transform themselves during the last three hundred? This study of four great thinkers who lived between 1689 and 1995 -- Montesquieu, Adam Smith, De Tocqueville, and Ernest Gellner -- weaves their lives and works together and through their own words shows how they approached the question of the nature of humanity, our past and our future.