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Peter Frank Patrick Watson (born 23 April 1943) is a British intellectual historian and former journalist, now perhaps best known for his work in the history of ideas. His journalistic work includes detailed investigations of auction houses and the international market in stolen antiquities .
Sep 26, 2006 · Peter Watson's hugely ambitious and stimulating history of ideas from deep antiquity to the present day—from the invention of writing, mathematics, science, and philosophy to the rise of such concepts as the law, sacrifice, democracy, and the soul—offers an illuminated path to a greater understanding of our world and ourselves.
Walmart. In this hugely ambitious and exciting book Peter Watson tells the history of ideas from prehistory to the present day, leading to a new way of telling the history of the world. The book begins over a million years ago with a discussion of how the earliest ideas might have originated.
Peter Watson has 295 books on Goodreads with 39408 ratings. Peter Watson’s most popular book is Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to F...
Jan 1, 2001 · Peter Watson. 4.31. 1,067 ratings102 reviews. From Freud to Babbitt, from Animal Farm to Sartre to the Great Society, from the Theory of Relativity to counterculture to Kosovo, The Modern Mind is encyclopedic, covering the major writers, artists, scientists, and philosophers who produced the ideas by which we live.
Jul 23, 2002 · The Modern Mind: An Intellectual History of the 20th Century: Watson, Peter: 9780060084387: Amazon.com: Books. Books. ›. Comics & Graphic Novels. ›. Graphic Novels. eTextbook. $2.99. Available instantly. Hardcover. $30.50 - $49.31. Paperback. $16.99. Other Used, New, Collectible from $2.80. Buy new: $16.99. List Price: $19.99 Details.
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Aug 14, 2014 · Home. Science & Education. Article. Peter Watson: The Great Divide: History and Human Nature in the Old World and the New. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2012, ISBN 978-0-29785857-7, 640 pp, price: $31.99. Book Review. Open access. Published: 14 August 2014. Volume 23 , pages 2153–2157, ( 2014 ) Cite this article. Download PDF.
