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Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson

by Jennifer Mich Hecht

ISBN13: 9780060097950
ISBN10: 0060097957
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Jennifer Michael Hecht is a philosopher, historian, and award-winning poet. She is the author of Doubt: A History and The End of the Soul; the latter won the Phi Beta Kappa Society's 2004 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award. Hecht's books of poetry include The Next Ancient World and Funny. She earned her Ph.D. in history from Columbia University and teaches at The New School in New York City.

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: James Wallis, April 3, 2007 (view all comments by James Wallis)
This is an excellent book, well written and filled with detail. The well-supported thesis is that you can look at history not only as a series of "peaks" of religious movements, but equally as a chain of pools of "doubt" in the orthodox view--the book flips the gestalt of belief to see its other side. Surprising, informative, and comprehensive. A fine book.
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ISBN:: 9780060097950
Subtitle:: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson
Author:: Hecht, Jennifer Mich
Author:: by Jennifer Hecht
Author:: Hecht, Jennifer Michael
Author:: Hecht, Jennifer
Publisher:: HarperOne
Subject:: General
Subject:: Epistemology
Subject:: Historical - General
Subject:: Modern - General
Subject:: General History
Subject:: World - General
Subject:: History & Surveys - General
Edition Description::  
Publication Date:: September 2004
Binding:: Paperback
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English
Pages:: 551
Dimensions:: 8.98x6.06x1.43 in. 1.36 lbs.

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