![]() Includes bibliographical references and index.Ĭhronicles the history of thought in the twentieth century, beginning with four topics introduced in 1900-the unconscious, the gene, the quantum, and Picasso's first paintings in Paris-and covering the major artists, writers, philosophers, and scientists that shaped the next hundred years and the way people think in the modern world. Peter Watson has produced a fluent and engaging narrative of the intellectual tradition of the twentieth century, and the men and women who created it. ![]() Follow the changes in this decade-by-decade timeline of the 20th century. ![]() New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2001. This century witnessed two world wars, the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Holocaust in Europe, the Cold War, revolutionary social equality movements, and the exploration of space. ![]() During this time some of the greatest modern thinkers were active. ![]() The modern mind : an intellectual history of the 20th century / Peter Watson. Civilization: Towards an Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century book cover. ![]()
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