The shape of the new four big ideas and how they made the modern world amazonde scott l montgomery fremdsprachige bucher. The shape of the new four big ideas and how they made the modern world scott l montgomery daniel chirot and democracy have reverberated through modern history and shaped the world as we know it today a testament to the enduring power of ideas the shape of the new offers unforgettable portraits of adam smith thomas jefferson alexander hamilton charles darwin and karl marx heirs of . Our title states that four big ideas shaped the modern world at the risk of being accused of oversimplification we want to emphasize that we are speaking here in broad all encompassing terms it should be apparent from what has already been said that we will be dealing not only with single concepts and beliefs but whole systems of thought that have touched every level of social . The shape of the new four big ideas and how they made the modern world by scott l montgomery 2015 05 26 scott l montgomerydaniel chirot isbn kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. In the shape of the new four big ideas and how they made the modern world these two professors take four ideas that they feel represent the most influential ones that resulted from the enlightenment and explore how they influenced such far reaching changes as to give shape to the modern world that we live in today its hard to argue with their choices the writings of adam smith on economics karl marx on socialism charles darwin on evolution and the arguments and counter arguments of thomas