The Riddle of the Modern World: Of Liberty, Wealth and Equality

The Riddle of the Modern World: Of Liberty, Wealth and Equality
ISBN-10
0312232047
ISBN-13
9780312232047
Category
History
Pages
326
Language
English
Published
2000-10-28
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Author
NA NA

Description

What conditions the chances of liberty, wealth, and equality at the start of the third Christian millennium? Why did human civilizations develop so slowly for thousands of years, and then transform themselves during the last three hundred? This study of four great thinkers who lived between 1689 and 1995 - Montesquieu, Adam Smith, De Tocqueville, and Ernest Gellner - weaves their lives and works together and through their own words shows how they approached the question of the nature of humanity, our past and our future.

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