Mises and His School
Austrian Economics is a body of ideas, and we are here this week to study these ideas. That in itself is already an exciting and instructive activity. After all, the history of ideas is a fascinating subject. However, I take it that most of you ... [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas
 Brilliant!: Sir Isaiah Berlin was the greatest exponent of Liberal Pluralism in the 20th Century. "Against The Current" is probably his best collection of essays. The essays on Verdi and George Sorel are worth the price of the book alone. Do [... more]
$28.95
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James Essinger
James Essinger is an Oxford graduate who has published more than thirty books. He is particularly interested in the history of ideas that have had a practical impact on the modern world. His previous writings and his time spent teaching English ... [... more]
Random House |
Erich Auerbach
Erich Auerbach's Dante: Poet of the Secular World is an inspiring introduction to one of world's greatest poets as well as a brilliantly argued and still provocative essay in the history of ideas. Here Auerbach, thought by many to be the greatest ... [... more]
Random House |
Charles Van Doren
A one-voume reference to the history of ideas that is a compendium of everything that humankind has thought, invented, created, considered, and perfected from the beginning of civilization into the twenty-first century. Massive in its scope, and ... [... more]
Random House |
Michael Dirda
Erich Auerbach's Dante: Poet of the Secular World is an inspiring introduction to one of world's greatest poets as well as a brilliantly argued and still provocative essay in the history of ideas. Here Auerbach, thought by many to be the greatest ... [... more]
Random House |
Archaeology of Knowledge (Routledge Classics)
Foucault on Facts: Viewed against the background of Foucault's other books, *The Archaeology of Knowledge* is a curious work. In it, Foucault not only explicates the results of his early books on madness, medicine, and the history of the human sciences: [... more]
$15.95
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The Story of Psychology
Very poor writing style, and very biased: This is the worst book on the history of ideas that I've ever read. The writing style is very low quality, and the word 'psychology' is constantly used in places where the words 'philosophy', 'ontology', or ' [... more]
$22.00
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The Metaphysical Club
Amazon.com Review: If past is prologue, then The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand may suggest an intellectual course for the United States in the 21st century. At least Menand, a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books, [... more]
$18.60
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A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future
A Noble Attempt that Falls Flat: Though sweeping in the expanse of its subject, A History of Knowledge looses focus in its final quarter. Charles van Doren begins his history before recorded time and follows the history of ideas up to and beyond the year [... more]
$16.95
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The Crooked Timber of Humanity
Amazon.com Review: The Crooked Timber of Humanity contains eight of Isaiah Berlin's deservedly influential essays in the history of ideas, all dealing with political thought in the 18th and 19th centuries. One of the essays, "Joseph de Maistre and [... more]
$27.95
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Hegel
Book Description: A major and comprehensive study of the philosophy of Hegel, his place in the history of ideas, and his continuing relevance and importance. Professor Taylor relates Hegel to the earlier history of philosophy and, more particularly, to [... more]
$74.95
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