Bram Hessels's votes on the list History of ideas and culture

Listopia > Bram Hessels's votes on the list History of ideas and culture (47 Books)

1	The Quest for a Moral Compass: A Global History of Ethics by Kenan Malik 4.15 avg rating — 542 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph Henrich 4.13 avg rating — 4,767 ratings Bram rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of an Idea by Arthur O. Lovejoy 4.04 avg rating — 522 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Roots of Romanticism by Isaiah Berlin 4.32 avg rating — 1,582 ratings Bram rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity 1650-1750 by Jonathan I. Israel 4.16 avg rating — 417 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution by David Wootton 3.89 avg rating — 967 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Emergence of Subjectivity in the Ancient and Medieval World: An Interpretation of Western Civilization by Jon Stewart 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings Bram rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber 4.19 avg rating — 29,403 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy by Joel Mokyr 3.96 avg rating — 502 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) by Robert J. Richards 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	An Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the Huxley Family by Alison Bashford 3.82 avg rating — 88 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Hegel's Century: Alienation and Recognition in a Time of Revolution by Jon Stewart 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Reopening of the Western Mind: The Resurgence of Intellectual Life from the End of Antiquity to the Dawn of theEnlightenment by Charles Freeman (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 164 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason by Charles Freeman (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 2,250 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Enlightenment, Volume 2: The Science of Freedom by Peter Gay 4.06 avg rating — 187 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Modernism: The Lure of Heresy by Peter Gay 3.89 avg rating — 755 ratings Bram rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790 by Ritchie Robertson 4.26 avg rating — 881 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Shock of the New by Robert Hughes 3.75 avg rating — 37,468 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Ideas of Human Nature: An Historical Introduction by Roger Trigg 3.75 avg rating — 59 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Creatures of Cain: The Hunt for Human Nature in Cold War America by Erika Lorraine Milam 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Revolutionary Jews from Spinoza to Marx: The Fight for a Secular World of Universal and Equal Rights by Jonathan I. Israel 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt by Alec Ryrie 3.79 avg rating — 266 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism by Susan Jacoby 4.06 avg rating — 4,610 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self by Andrea Wulf (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 2,601 ratings Bram rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Humanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell 4.01 avg rating — 2,398 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Roots of Radicalism: Tradition, the Public Sphere, and Early Nineteenth-Century Social Movements by Craig J. Calhoun 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Romantic Revolution by Timothy C.W. Blanning 3.77 avg rating — 533 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Roads to Modernity: The British, French, and American Enlightenments by Gertrude Himmelfarb 3.76 avg rating — 381 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	European Intellectual History from Rousseau to Nietzsche by Frank M. Turner 4.23 avg rating — 128 ratings Bram rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Waning of the Middle Ages by Johan Huizinga 4.02 avg rating — 4,466 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Darkening Age: A dazzling exploration of the history of early Christianity by Catherine Nixey 4.07 avg rating — 7,049 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture by Johan Huizinga 3.98 avg rating — 3,181 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789 by Robert Darnton 4.14 avg rating — 477 ratings Bram rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins by Stefanos Geroulanos 3.73 avg rating — 551 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World by William Dalrymple 4.09 avg rating — 4,043 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History by Josephine Quinn 4.02 avg rating — 1,614 ratings Bram rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Confronting Leviathan by David Runciman 4.16 avg rating — 279 ratings Bram rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution by David Runciman 4.22 avg rating — 191 ratings Bram rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Progress Unchained by Peter J. Bowler 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Vertigo Years: Europe 1900-1914 by Philipp Blom 4.03 avg rating — 1,523 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Fracture: Life and Culture in the West, 1918-1938 by Philipp Blom 4.26 avg rating — 620 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Subjugate the Earth: The Beginning and End of Human Domination of Nature by Philipp Blom 3.83 avg rating — 181 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Epicureans and Atheists in France, 1650–1729 by Alan Charles Kors liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Reign of the Beast: The Atheist World of W. D. Saull and his Museum of Evolution by Adrian J. Desmond it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Reading Darwin in Arabic, 1860-1950 by Marwa Elshakry 4.02 avg rating — 60 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by James A. Secord 4.07 avg rating — 88 ratings Bram rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Transfixed by Prehistory: An Inquiry into Modern Art and Time by Maria Stavrinaki 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars