Modern European Thought

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A wínner! MODERN EUROPEAN THOUGHT: Continuity and Change in Ideas 1600-1950 will serve as the best history of ideas text in the field. lt is rare for a single intellectual histórián to be so at home in the diverse areas covered by this work. Baumer brings the reader close to the way in which ideas actually have acted in history. He is especially good on the 20th century, where other history of ideas texts have failed. His work is constantly grounded on the use of originál sources. The chapters are martageable in length, allowing for effective classroom use; It is extremely readable. In sum, the strengths of Baumer's book place it at one bound at the head of existing texts. Bruce Mazlish Massachusetts Institute of Technology This is an extremely important book, valuable to historians, to students of literature and philosophy, and to anybody concerned with the origins and impact of ideas on the development bf modern society. . .. Baumer has read and analyzed an enormou| body of... Tovább

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A wínner! MODERN EUROPEAN THOUGHT: Continuity and Change in Ideas 1600-1950 will serve as the best history of ideas text in the field. lt is rare for a single intellectual histórián to be so at home in the diverse areas covered by this work. Baumer brings the reader close to the way in which ideas actually have acted in history. He is especially good on the 20th century, where other history of ideas texts have failed. His work is constantly grounded on the use of originál sources. The chapters are martageable in length, allowing for effective classroom use; It is extremely readable. In sum, the strengths of Baumer's book place it at one bound at the head of existing texts. Bruce Mazlish Massachusetts Institute of Technology This is an extremely important book, valuable to historians, to students of literature and philosophy, and to anybody concerned with the origins and impact of ideas on the development bf modern society. . .. Baumer has read and analyzed an enormou| body of literature, and his own work is a veritable handbook to the important thinkers of the modern world This is a book of great learning. It is not a work for id-le reading but requires concéntration and close attention/tts study, however, richly repays the effort, and no serious student of society can afford to neglect it. Louis B. Wright The History Book Club Review Vissza