Books by Anthony Pagden and Complete Book Reviews
This addition to the Modern Library Chronicles series is described by the author as "a very short book on a very big subject." Happily, Pagden handles the topic with skill, learning, wit and balance. A professor of history at Johns Hopkins,...
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Anthony Pagden, Author . Random $29.95 (625p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6067-2
In the pessimistic words of the ancient historian Herodotus, there will ever be “perpetual enmity” between the globe’s two halves. Pagden (Peoples and Empires
), a professor of political science and history at UCLA, tackles the...
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Anthony Padgen. Random, $32 (512p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6068-9
For those who recognize the names Hegel, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Voltaire, and Diderot but unfamiliar with their thought, Padgen (Peoples and Empires) provides a fantastic introduction; explaining the driving philosophies of the period and placing...
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