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

Forsideomslag
Routledge, 4. dec. 2017 - 432 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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Introduction
1
1 PreSocratic philosophy with a glance at ancient Indian and Chinese thought
5
2 The Sophists and Socrates
32
3 Plato the theory of ideas and the ideal state
46
4 Aristotle natural order and man as a political animal
66
5 The late classical period
89
6 The Middle Ages
109
7 The rise of the natural sciences
151
15 Kant the Copernican revolution in philosophy
273
16 The rise of the humanities
293
17 Hegel history and dialectics
306
18 Marx productive forces and class struggle
321
19 Kierkegaard existence and irony
337
20 Darwin the debate about our conception of man
347
21 Nietzsche and pragmatism
354
22 Socialism and fascism
365

8 The Renaissance and realpolitik Machiavelli and Hobbes
175
9 Doubt and belief man in the centre
190
10 Rationalism as a system
203
11 Locke enlightenment and equality
212
12 Empiricism and critique of knowledge
225
13 The Enlightenment reason and progress
242
14 Utilitarianism and liberalism
263
23 Freud and psychoanalysis
377
24 The rise of the social sciences
391
25 New advances in the natural sciences
412
26 A glance at contemporary philosophy
424
27 Modernity and crisis
453
Index
472
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Gunnar Skirbeck and Nils Gilje are Professors of Philosophy at Bergen University, Norway.

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