The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ideas

by Anne-Lucie Norton (Editor)

A reference that brings together the many strands and multiplicity of subjects which together make up the world of ideas. The 4,000 alphabetical entries detail key terms (allocation of resources, biofeedback, chaos theory, nature-nurture controversy) as well as biographies (Freud, Kierkegaard, Stephen Hawking), movements (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, liberation theology) and -isms and -ologies (absolutism, behaviorism, deontology, existentialism, phenomenology). There are also specially commissioned articles on contemporary topics of concern, chronologies, and selected relevant quotes by or about people in the Dictionary , as well as quotes by theme. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Genres: Reference

583 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994