Dupre B. 50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know

London: Quercus Publishing Rlc, 2009. — 270 p. — ISBN: 978-1-84724-986-9.50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know is a concise, accessible and popular guide to the central tenets of Western thought. Every important principle of philosophy, religion, politics, economics, the arts and the sciences is profiled in a series of short illustrated essays, complemented by an informative array of timelines and box features.Philosophy
01 Platonism
02 Aristotelianism
03 The golden rule
04 Altruism
05 Liberty
06 Tolerance
07 Scepticism
08 Reason
09 Punishment
10 Materialism
11 Relativism
12 Utilitarianism
13 Existentialism
Religion
14 Evil
15 Fate
16 Soul
17 Faith
18 Fundamentalism
19 Atheism
20 Secularism
21 Creationism
Politics
22 War
23 Duty
24 Utopia
25 Liberalism
26 Democracy
27 Conservatism
28 Imperialism
29 Nationalism
30 Multiculturalism
31 The social contract
32 Republicanism
33 Communism
34 Fascism
35 Racism
36 Feminism
37 Islamism
Economics
38 Capitalism
39 Globalization
Arts
40 Classicism
41 Romanticism
42 Modernism
43 Surrealism
44 Censorship
Science
45 Evolution
46 Gaia
47 Chaos
48 Relativity
49 Quantum mechanics
50 The Big Bang