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10 Books That Screwed Up the World
by Benjamin Wiker, Ph.D.
Regnery Publishing, Inc.; ISBN: 1596980559
Hardcover - 260 pages (May 2008)
Great Books or Great Screw Ups?
TV, video games, the Internet—many people blame technology for the violence, narcissism, and secularism in society today. But Professor Benjamin Wiker argues technology isn't to blame—philosophy is. In his controversial new book, 10 Books That Screwed Up the World (And 5 Others That Didn't Help), Wiker proves that some of Western civilization's most "respected" books are really the root of many modern-day destructive ideas and cultural vices.
Taking aim at such books as Machiavelli's The Prince and Hitler's Mein Kampf, Wiker shows how these authors' perverse ideologies not only have led to past atrocities like war and genocide, but also how their philosophies are still popular and damaging today. Their ideas might influence your own thinking and you don't even realize it! In this intelligent and provocative exposé, you'll learn:
- How Hobbes's Leviathan promotes the belief that we have a "right" to have and do whatever we want.
- How Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil promotes atheism and paved the way for popular atheists like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens.
- How Mead's Coming of Age in Samoa promotes promiscuity and divorce.
Witty, shocking, and instructive, Wiker seizes each of these evil books by its malignant heart and exposes it to the light of day, offering a quick education on the worst ideas in human history—and how we can combat them in the future.
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About the Author:
Benjamin Wiker received his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, and has taught at Marquette University, St. Mary’s University, Thomas Aquinas College, and Franciscan University. He now writes full time as a senior fellow at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and is also a senior fellow with Discovery Institute. He has written several other books, most recently A Meaningful World: How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature (co-authored with Jonathan Witt) and Answering the New Atheism: Dismantling Richard Dawkins’ Case against God (co-authored with Scott Hahn). He lives in rural Ohio with his beloved wife, seven children, and sundry goats, chickens, rabbits, dogs, cats, and whatever else happens to wander along. |
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