Tag: Idea

April 26, 2024

World’s Greatest Idea The Fifty Greatest Ideas That Have Changed Humanity

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Free Download World’s Greatest Idea: The Fifty Greatest Ideas That Have Changed Humanity by John Farndon
English | January 1, 2010 | ISBN: 1848311966 | 256 pages | EPUB | 0.91 Mb
Where would humanity be now without fire, vaccinations, farming – or wine? A great idea is one that has changed the path of human civilisation. But which is the greatest of them all? John Farndon, author of the bestselling Do You Think You’re Clever?, has set out to find the answer. A distinguished panel of experts agreed on a list of 50 ideas, and each chapter of The World’s Greatest Idea sees Farndon explore the argument for a different one. The candidates are intriguingly Electricity grids enable us to power our cities, but then sewers allowed those cities to grow. Without the wheel, modern civilisation would be pretty much impossible, but take away Logic and we’d lose the essential structures for rational thought …But then what would be the point of all of this without the idea of romance? The World’s Greatest Idea is an enthralling voyage of discovery through the most powerful intellectual, social, scientific and creative brainwaves humans have ever had. They are ranked in the book determined by a public vote onwww.theworldsgreatestidea.comBut will you agree with the verdict?

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April 26, 2024

The Idea of Capitalism Before the Industrial Revolution

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Free Download The Idea of Capitalism Before the Industrial Revolution By Richard Grassby
1999 | 112 Pages | ISBN: 0847696324 | EPUB | 1 MB
Invented in post-industrial 19th century Europe, the idea of capitalism originally sought to describe and explain the distinctive characteristics of an emerging modern world. Since then, capitalism has served to identify an economic system, a particular social structure, and a set of cultural values and mental attitudes. The subject of continuous debate among scholars for more than a century, capitalism has been accorded so many definitions, it is now virtually meaningless. Depending upon the interpreter, capitalism is synonymous with the market economy, the division of labor, credit creation, economic concentration, social polarization, class formation, the decline of kinship and community, patriarchy, property rights, contracts, acquisitiveness, the work ethic, conspicuous consumption, individualism and entrepreneurship.Noted economic historian Richard Grassby investigates the origins and evolution of the idea of capitalism to illustrate for readers the true nature, merits, and the future of capitalism. Grassby examines its numerous and often conflicting definitions, and he tests alternative models of capitalism against the historical record to establish when, where, how, and why modern economies and societies emerged. Although Grassby argues that capitalism is a concept with diminished explanatory power, he shows the influence of this powerful idea on the formation of the world we live in. This is required reading for classes on World history, modern European history, and economic history.

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April 25, 2024

Equality The History of an Elusive Idea, UK Edition

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Free Download Equality: The History of an Elusive Idea, UK Edition by Darrin McMahon
English | April 11th, 2024 | ISBN: 180418683X | 528 pages | True EPUB | 9.63 MB
Equality is in crisis. Our world is filled with soaring inequalities, spanning wealth, race, identity, and nationality. Yet how can we strive for equality if we don’t understand it? As much as we have struggled for equality, we have always been profoundly sceptical about it. How much do we want, and for whom?

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February 13, 2024

Liberty The Evolution of an Idea [Audiobook]

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Free Download Liberty: The Evolution of an Idea (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9789189882287 | 2024 | 9 hours and 58 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 284 MB
Author: Kurt Almqvist, AlasTair Benn, Mattias Hesserus
Narrator: Helen Lloyd
How has the idea of liberty developed and evolved over the centuries? What does freedom mean for us today and what do we need to do in order to preserve the freedoms for which generations of men and women fought and even gave their lives? Liberty is indispensable to flourishing societies the world over. Its story contains multitudes – humanity’s eternal struggle with fate, our ancestors’ long quest to establish freedom of thought and freedom of religion, the rise of democratic liberties in society at large and the modern fight against authoritarian politics and tyrants everywhere. In this anthology of essays, leading academics, writers and historians explore what liberty has meant through the ages. They reflect on this great drama of freedom at work and why we so readily suffer to defend liberty when it comes under threat.

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