TY  - BOOK
AU  - Montgomery,Scott L.
AU  - Chirot,Daniel
TI  - The shape of the new: four big ideas and how they made the modern world 
SN  - 0691150648 (hardback : alk. paper)
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Civilization, Modern
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - History
KW  - Philosophy, Modern
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-471) and index; Adam Smith: the science of man, morality, and money -- Karl Marx: the tragic consequences of a brilliant theory -- Charles Darwin: struggle and selection in the realm of ideas -- Making democracy: the Jefferson-Hamilton debates -- Counter-enlightenment: from anti-modernism to fascism -- Modernizing an ancient god: evangelical Christianity in America -- Purifying Islam: the Muslim reaction against the Western enlightenment -- Conclusion: the power of ideas and the importance of the humanities
N2  - Examines "Adam Smith, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Charles Darwin, and Karl Marx--heirs of the Enlightenment who embodied its highest ideals about progress--and shows how their thoughts, over time and in the hands of their followers and opponents, transformed the very nature of our beliefs, institutions, economies, and politics"--Amazon.com
ER  -