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Ideas that shaped mankind : a concise history of human thought / by Felipe Fernández-Armesto.

By: Material type: SoundSoundPublisher number: U1045 | Recorded Books.Series: The modern scholarPublication details: [Prince Frederick, MD] : Barnes&Noble Books, p2005.Edition: 2005 editionDescription: 88 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1402582048
  • 9781402582059
  • 9781402582066
  • 1402582064
Other title:
  • Concise history of human thought (course guide)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • CB 69 .F47 2004
Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also on CD.
Contents:
Lecture 1. The idea of ideas -- Lecture 2. The mind of the hunter -- Lecture 3. Of ice and mud -- Lecture 4. From settlement to civilization -- Lecture 5. Thus spake Zarathustra -- Lecture 6. The age of sages -- Lecture 7. The age of sages, religion -- Lecture 8. Ideas about religion -- Lecture 9. The Renaissance and the scientific revolution -- Lecture 10. The enlightenment -- Lecture 11. The nineteenth century -- Lecture 12. A century of horrors -- Lecture 13. The restoration of chaos -- Lecture 14. The age of uncertainty.
Lectures delivered by Professor Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Oxford University.Summary: The notion that man's capacity to produce ideas in itself brings about sweeping changes in the world. This ability, seen most profoundly in individual, startling moments of genius-- or equally startling moments of chance-- is what separates humans from the animals and allows humans to re-imagine the world in ever more complex designs. From the earliest ideas, including cannibalism and the idea of farming, to theories of relativity and chaos, ideas reshape the world in surprising and wholly unexpected ways. Professor Fernandez-Armesto examines areas of thought in science, agriculture, religion, art, and politics, and those moments in time when man's fertile intellect produced sparks that set off blazes of change that would alter the course of history.
Item type: Delbert W. Baker Special Leadership Collection
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library Delbert W. Baker Special Leadership Collection DWB Special Leadership Collection CB 69 .F47 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA20932 Available AUA20932

Course guide includes bibliographical references.

Lecture 1. The idea of ideas -- Lecture 2. The mind of the hunter -- Lecture 3. Of ice and mud -- Lecture 4. From settlement to civilization -- Lecture 5. Thus spake Zarathustra -- Lecture 6. The age of sages -- Lecture 7. The age of sages, religion -- Lecture 8. Ideas about religion -- Lecture 9. The Renaissance and the scientific revolution -- Lecture 10. The enlightenment -- Lecture 11. The nineteenth century -- Lecture 12. A century of horrors -- Lecture 13. The restoration of chaos -- Lecture 14. The age of uncertainty.

Lectures delivered by Professor Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Oxford University.

The notion that man's capacity to produce ideas in itself brings about sweeping changes in the world. This ability, seen most profoundly in individual, startling moments of genius-- or equally startling moments of chance-- is what separates humans from the animals and allows humans to re-imagine the world in ever more complex designs. From the earliest ideas, including cannibalism and the idea of farming, to theories of relativity and chaos, ideas reshape the world in surprising and wholly unexpected ways. Professor Fernandez-Armesto examines areas of thought in science, agriculture, religion, art, and politics, and those moments in time when man's fertile intellect produced sparks that set off blazes of change that would alter the course of history.

Issued also on CD.

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