Adam Smith: the science of man, morality, and money
Karl Marx: the tragic consequences of a brilliant theory
Charles Darwin: struggle and selection in the realm of ideas
Making democracy: the Jefferson-Hamilton debates
Counter-enlightenment: from anti-modernism to fascism
Modernizing an ancient god: evangelical Christianity in America
Purifying Islam: the Muslim reaction against the Western enlightenment
Conclusion: the power of ideas and the importance of the humanities.
The shape of the new : four big ideas and how they made the modern world by Scott L. Montgomery. ISBN 9780691150642. Published by Princeton University Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.