This book was deeper than my normal tastes and abilities, but after two intellectual friends recommended it and i saw the title, i couldnt resist. If ever there were a book designed specifically for the enjoyment of insidecatholic readers, surely it is benjamin wikers new 10 books that screwed up the world. The nook book ebook of the 10 books that screwed up the world. Benjamin wiker author, robertson dean narrator, tantor audio publisher try audible free. In his scintillating book, 10 books that screwed up the world and 5 others that didnt help, he seizes each of these evil books by its malignant heart and exposes it to the light of day. And 5 others that didnt help by benjamin wiker i recently picked this up while browsing the philosophy section of a local bookstore. In fact, benjamin wikers introduction is titled ideas have consequences. Offering a cliffsnotes guide to some of the most important literary works of our time, benjamin wiker, author of 10 books that screwed up the world, turns his discerning eye from the great texts that have done damage to western civilization to the great texts that could help rebuild it. Here with the antidote is professor benjamin wiker. And 5 others that didnt help kindle edition by benjamin wiker.
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From machiavellis the prince to karl marxs the communist manifesto to alfred kinseys sexual behavior in the human male, these influential books have led to war, genocide, totalitarian oppression, family breakdown, and. Benjamin wiker taking aim at such books as machiavellis the prince and hitlers mein kampf, wiker shows how these authors perverse ideologies not only have led to past atrocities like war and genocide, but also. Its 15 because its 10 books that screwed up the world and 5 more that didn t help. In his scintillating new book, 10 books that screwed up the world and 5 others that didnt help, he seizes each of these evil books by its malignant heart and exposes it to the light of day. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. And 5 others that didnt help by benjamin wiker is a nonfiction meditation by the author about books. Ben wiker lists 10 books that screwed up the world and explains how. From machiavellis the prince to karl marxs the communist manifesto to alfred kinseys sexual behavior in the human male, these influential books have led to war, genocide, totalitarian oppression, family breakdown, and disastrous social. The book of schaeffer, escape from reason and other book of wiker, 10 books that screwed up the world and 5 others that didnt help show more content. Nov 02, 2017 streamed live on november 2nd, 2017 the latest resource that we would like to put in your hands is here. And 5 others that didnt help kindle edition by wiker, benjamin. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc. And 5 others that didnt help by benjamin wiker is a nonfiction meditation by the author about books which he believes are influential and popular but are actually full of bad ideas.
Robertson dean presents interpretations of fifteen pivotal works of western culture and argues that the unmerited influence of such authors as charles darwin, sigmund freud, and betty friedan has had a detrimental. We are taught that tolerance is good and that means that all ideas have equal value and we ought to be equally accepting of all ideas, values and faiths. Discourse on the origin and foundations of inequality among men. On a side note, i love to look at what different bookstores call philosophy, as they often differ greatly. From machiavellis the prince to karl marxs the communist manifesto to alfred kinseys sexual behavior in the human male, these influential books have led to war, genocide, totalitarian oppression, family breakdown, and disastrous.
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