'Isms & 'Ologies: All the Movements, Ideologies and Doctrines That Have Shaped Our World
by Arthur Goldwag
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Author: Arthur GoldwagEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-09
ISBN: 0307279073
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: A brilliant and funny introduction
Summary: 5 Stars
This brilliant book, or encyclopedia, will be a handy reference guide and a great read for anyone interested in the intricacies of human belief and wishing to culture themselves. It includes all the obscure movements such as the Chartists and Futurists and describes many of the better known ones from Cubism to Structuralism. Many unknown, and barely believable `isms' are also included such as Mugwumpism. Some appear to be slightly made up. Nevertheless the sheer scale of the number of isms and ologies and ideologies included is so vast that this book is a must read. Organized by theme such as religion or art or politics and then alphabetically it is a handy and wonderful reference and an enlightening read with roughly a page or two devoted to each movement, with concise and yet whitty introductions and histories of each.
Seth J. Frantzman
Summary of 'Isms & 'Ologies: All the Movements, Ideologies and Doctrines That Have Shaped Our World
Have you ever wondered about the difference between Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism and which influenced the other? Do you know where Post-modernism stops and Post-structuralism begins? Would you like to?From Platonism to New Historicism, humankind is constantly coming up with fresh schools of thought to help explain (or at least describe) the mysterious world around us. Here is the ultimate guide to over 450 of the most significant intellectual terms, movements, and religions that help shape the society we live in. Simply, concisely, and with personality, ?Isms and ?Ologies clarifies buzz terms like jihad, often defined as ?holy war? but which literally means ?striving? ;and illustrates the differences between Conservatism, Paleoconservatism, and Neoconservatism. It explains String Theory (which attempts to unify Quantum Mechanics and Einsteinian Relativity); describes Fauvism (an artistic movement that paved the way for Expressionism and Cubism); defines Locofocoism (an American political ideology named after a ?self-lighting cigar)?; and identifies and explores so much more. Helpfully divided into categories?including politics, history, philosophy and the arts, economics, religion, science, and medicine?cross referenced, and thoroughly indexed, ?Isms and ?Ologies is a must have for the budding intellectual in everyone.
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