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Critical Thinkers: Noam Chomsky resources
www.synaptic.bc.ca/ejournal
/chomsky.htm
Resources for one of the most vociferous intellectuals of the 20th
century, Noam Chomsky, who has tackled media, politics, warfare and censorship.
Scientists and Thinkers
www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/
Read about the people who probed our psyches and split atoms and listen
to broadcasts of their thoughts.
Jewish Virtual Library
www.us-israel.org/jsource/zion.html
Defines and discusses Zionism.
Books
Biographical Dictionary of 20th-century Philosophers
Provides detailed accounts of the lives, works, influence and reception
of thinkers from all the major philosophical schools and traditions of
the 20th century.
Communism: A short history by Richard Pipes
Describes Communism's historical antecedents, through to Marx, Engels
and the birth of 'Communism' as a theory of class relations and a call
to arms.
Europe in the 20th Century by George Lightheim
This is an integrated and thought-provoking account of European civilisation
from 1900 to 1970. It covers the changes in intellectual and artistic
awareness linked to the decay of bourgeois–liberal culture.
An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Fascism by Richard Griffiths
Combining revolutionary anti-capitalism and nationalism, Fascism originated
from the radical right in the late 19th century. Here the real legacy
of Fascism is assessed.
An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Liberalism by Conrad Russell
In this polemical book, Russell defines liberal philosophy.
Introducing Fascism and Nazism by Stuart Hood
Traces the origins of Fascism in 19th-century traditions of ultra-conservatism
and in the ideas of Nietzsche, Wagner and other intellectuals, which helped
to make racist doctrines respectable, and which led to the ultimate horrifying
'logic' of the Holocaust. Also investigates the four types of Fascism
that emerged after World War I in Italy, Germany, Spain and Japan.
Sartre’s Existentialism and Humanism: A beginner’s guide
by George Myerson
Sartre has probably been the single most influential modern philosopher.
This book provides a condensed version of his life and defines the practical
and theoretical meaning of existentialism.
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