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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.

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Ben Dupre read Classics at Exeter College, Oxford before pursuing a career in reference publishing. He was Children's Reference Publisher at Oxford University Press from 1992 until 2004 and, all told, has more than 20 years' experience of bringing complex and challenging concepts to the widest possible audience.

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Print Length: 208 pages
Publisher: Quercus; UK ed. edition (3 September 2009)
Sold by: Hachette Book Group (AU)
Language: English
ASIN: B0064BWF9I
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Chijioke Ebere

Fantastic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 January 2020

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Great book

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Prof John D. Walley

This is great, and is one of the 50 ideas series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 March 2015

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This is great, and is one of the 50 ideas series. I've read the economics and philosophy ones as well - that are even better.

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manu10

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 February 2015

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As described

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Riccardo Melini

Interesting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 October 2013

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Simple, clear explanation of key ideas regarding philosophy, politics, economics. Highly recommended, to be use as a quick reference and as an enjoyable read. Excellent.

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Katie Ducker

Great

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 July 2018

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Great book

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Dr. Roy

Heavy reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 May 2010

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This is not a pleasure or relaxing reading. It is for peolple who are into heavy reading

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C. L. Dixon

a little bit too lofty

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 August 2010

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Ben Dupre has compiled a list of '50 ideas you really need to know', but I can think of plenty others that would've been better to include. Sometimes he finds it difficult to fill up the whole four pages for each subject, and waffles a lot. He has a particular audience in mind; one with an extensive vocabulary (or failing that, easy access to a dictionary) - his explanations aren't simple, but horribly complex and 'wordy'. You would be better off looking at the 50 ideas online and learning about them there.
I don't even know why I bought this book.. I knew about most of the ideas before hand anyway, but just thought that this would consolidate and add to what I already knew.

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Carlos Vazquez Quintana

big original ideas that became small

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 August 2010

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This book belongs to a series of divulgation centered in the idea: "50 ideas abut many things". Well, you never find 51 or 49 ideas or every else, but the best book are at last only paper, not real world.
This is a brief book, in general from a good series, but this is I think probably the poor and most unbalanced of that collection. Why?
Well, firstly, for the foreigner, the "Big ideas" are all, excepting some from ancient Greece, from Anglo- American thinkers, scientists, philosophers, but there are another thinkers from another countries.
But well, this is at last an English book and that's a minor defect. The main problem is some of these big ideas are taken from a point of view too restricted and short: the very example for this is the idea of "Islamism".
The author takes Islamism and forgets that's a religion at first as any other, because it has 1300 years of existence, but for the author, "Islamism" is a concept only united to the tragedy of 11 September 2001 in New York and his very close derivations: a problem I think, probably more politic than religious. That was of course a terrible incident, but religion of Allah, has to be in count that was born in a society of poor desert nomads and semi- wild shepherds, this is, nothing resembling today's developed western society. I think is very important to have in count things as this. Christianism also was at first a religion of zealots and the Vatican, treated and still do in many cases to vanish the real message of Christ and fights for social and politics power. We in Spain knew well Islamism, as Muslims remained here during 800 years.
It's only one of the errors and misconceptions of this book that has also many hits, but as I say, many failures.

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Casandra W Perry

Disappointingly biased

Reviewed in the United States on 9 February 2014

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It is rare that I can find almost nothing to recommend a particular book, but this one is one of those few. The ideas presented may be essential knowledge, but the way they are presented is quite skewed. In the introduction, the author praises communism as a particularly successful societal plan. Perhaps I am naive, but I don't consider it a success by any definition of the word. Skipping to a few other topics reveals a perspective best characterized as supportive of the notion that people need strong government to tell them what to do, veering frequently into the sort of liberal idealism that denigrates moral rule as outdated and unnecessarily restrictive. While I would classify myself as a strong conservative and a passionately patriotic American, I am perfectly capable of reading about and even appreciating ideas that don't conform to that standard. When the entire presentation is designed to find fault with my beliefs, though, I don't see the point.

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w in Princeton area

great book for the price - It was free

Reviewed in the United States on 23 February 2014

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This is a great if you can get it free of charge. It has some good,
practical ideas. But I am not sure if I want to pay for the ideas or the
book. Most of the ideas are common sense. The book, if you read it,
gives you some re-enforcement of the common sense ideas.

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A. Evangelista

A Summary of Knowledge

Reviewed in the United States on 6 February 2014

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Quite an interesting read. I knew of the various topics discussed in the book, some peripherally, some with more depth. I found that of the theories and subjects I knew quite well, it did a decent job of giving an overview and highlights. Those subjects I didn't know as well I found to be informative and gave me enough of a grounding and a starting point on the topics I decided to pursue in further detail.

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Marion Herud

Huge ideas presented neatly.

Reviewed in the United States on 1 May 2015

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From ancient to recent, this author covers the main ideas that have led to quantum leaps in thinking and changed history's direction. Excellent starting point to study more deeply or just a taster to save you at the next dinner party!

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Michael A Branch

Enjoyed greatly

Reviewed in the United States on 14 March 2016

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I think it was a well written and very informative book. Helps to round out your knowledge of so many of the worlds big ideas.

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E. Pass

one in a series

Reviewed in the United States on 3 March 2014

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This book is one of a series of 50 big ideas..
Each book explores and explains a particular topic.
This one is somewhat more generic than the others.
Examples are - 50 Political Ideas, 50 Ideas from world history, etc.

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Davio Smitti

Big Ideas served up in meal-sized portions.

Reviewed in the United States on 25 January 2015

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A readable and digestible synopsis of historical and philosophical definitions...I liked it a lot. That said, I'm a bookworm who loves history and literature. NOT the kind of book you sit down and read through--read one chapter at a time.

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