The Modern Mind: An Intellectual History of the 20th Century
of Peter Watson
Description
From Freud to Babbitt, from Animal Farm to Sartre to the Great Society, from the Theory of Relativity to counterculture to Kosovo, The Modern Mind is encyclopedic, covering the major writers, artists, scientists, and philosophers who produced the ideas by which we live. Peter Watson has produced a fluent and engaging narrative of the intellectual tradition of the twentieth century, and the men and women who created it.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 847 pages
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Publication Date July 23rd 2002
- First Publication 10/30/00
- Language English
- ISBN 9780060084387
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
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