The well-respected public television journalist presents a series of one-on-one interviews with leading scientists, writers, artists, philosophers, and historians that outline the pressing problems America will face in the future
426 WEBER, MAX Weber, Max (1864-1920) German sociologist attd political economist, one of the founders of motlern sociology, a scholar whose studies of (ZAPITALISM. comparative religion, CIASS, and social SYSTFMS, together with his ...
The most successful reader of its kind, A World of Ideas introduces first-year writing students to the thinkers and writers whose ideas have shaped civilization: for example, Niccolò Machiavelli on government, Elizabeth Cady Stanton on ...
A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers
A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers
Interviews with Chinua Achebe, Isaac Asimov, Mary Catherine Bateson, Robert Bellah, Peter Berger, Sissela Bok, T. Berry Brazelton, James MacGregor Burns, Noam Chomsky, F. Forrester Church, Henry Steele Commager, E.L....
A World of Ideas asks such crucial questions as, What defines good government? What forces shape our society? What does it mean to be educated?
"Introduces you to writing from some of the world's most important thinkers--people whose ideas have shaped civilizations through history.
The most successful reader of its kind, A World of Ideas introduces first-year-writing students to the thinkers and writers whose ideas have shaped civilization.