A History of Western Thought: From Ancient Greece to the Twentieth Century

Forsideomslag
Psychology Press, 2001 - 487 sider

This is a comprehensive introduction to the history of Western Philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to Twentieth Century thought. In addition to all the key figures, the book covers figures whose contributions have so far been overlooked, such as Vico, Montesquieu, Durkheim and Weber.
Along with in-depth discussion of the philosophical movements, Skirbekk and Gilje also discuss the natural sciences, the establishment of the Humanities, Socialism and Fascism, Psychoanalysis, and the rise of the social sciences.
History of Western Thought is an ideal introduction to philosophy and the sociological and scientific structures that have shaped modern day philosophy.

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The Sophists and Socrates
32
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44
Plato the theory of ideas and the ideal state
46
Aristotle natural order and man as a political animal
66
The late classical period
89
The Middle Ages
109
The rise of the natural sciences
151
The Renaissance and realpolitik Machiavelli and Hobbes
175
Hegel history and dialectics
306
Master and slave the struggle for recognition and social identity
312
Marx productive forces and class struggle
321
Kierkegaard existence and irony
337
Darwin the debate about our conception of
347
Nietzsche and pragmatism
354
Socialism and fascism
365
Freud and psychoanalysis
377

Doubt and belief man in the centre
190
Pascal the reason of the heart
196
Rationalism as a system
203
Locke enlightenment and equality
212
Empiricism and critique of knowledge
225
The Enlightenment reason and progress
242
Utilitarianism and liberalism
263
Kant the Copernican revolution in philosophy
273
The rise of the humanities
293
The rise of the social sciences
391
New advances in the natural sciences
412
A glance at contemporary philosophy
424
Modernity and crisis
453
109
474
365
475
337
479
412
480
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