The Age of Atheists

How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Other Practices, Atheism, Theology, Christianity
Cover of the book The Age of Atheists by Peter Watson, Simon & Schuster
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Peter Watson ISBN: 9781476754338
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication: February 18, 2014
Imprint: Simon & Schuster Language: English
Author: Peter Watson
ISBN: 9781476754338
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication: February 18, 2014
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Language: English

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014

From one of England’s most distinguished intellectual historians comes “an exhilarating ride…that will stand the test of time as a masterful account of” (The Boston Globe) one of the West’s most important intellectual movements: Atheism.

In 1882, Friedrich Nietzche declared that “God is dead” and ever since tens of thousands of brilliant, courageous, thoughtful individuals have devoted their creative energies to devising ways to live without God with self-reliance, invention, hope, wit, and enthusiasm. Now, for the first time, their story is revealed.

A captivating story of contest, failure, and success, The Age of Atheists sweeps up William James and the pragmatists; Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis; Pablo Picasso, James Joyce, and Albert Camus; the poets of World War One and the novelists of World War Two; scientists, from Albert Einstein to Stephen Hawking; and the rise of the new Atheists—Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens. This is a story of courage, of the thousands of individuals who, sometimes at great risk, devoted tremendous creative energies to devising ways to fill a godless world with self-reliance, invention, hope, wit, and enthusiasm. Watson explains how atheism has evolved and reveals that the greatest works of art and literature, of science and philosophy of the last century can be traced to the rise of secularism.

From Nietzsche to Daniel Dennett, Watson’s stirring intellectual history manages to take the revolutionary ideas and big questions of these great minds and movements and explain them, making the connections and concepts simple without being simplistic. The Age of Atheists is “highly readable and immensely wide-ranging…For anybody who has wondered about the meaning of life…an enthralling and mind-expanding experience” (The Washington Post).

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014

From one of England’s most distinguished intellectual historians comes “an exhilarating ride…that will stand the test of time as a masterful account of” (The Boston Globe) one of the West’s most important intellectual movements: Atheism.

In 1882, Friedrich Nietzche declared that “God is dead” and ever since tens of thousands of brilliant, courageous, thoughtful individuals have devoted their creative energies to devising ways to live without God with self-reliance, invention, hope, wit, and enthusiasm. Now, for the first time, their story is revealed.

A captivating story of contest, failure, and success, The Age of Atheists sweeps up William James and the pragmatists; Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis; Pablo Picasso, James Joyce, and Albert Camus; the poets of World War One and the novelists of World War Two; scientists, from Albert Einstein to Stephen Hawking; and the rise of the new Atheists—Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens. This is a story of courage, of the thousands of individuals who, sometimes at great risk, devoted tremendous creative energies to devising ways to fill a godless world with self-reliance, invention, hope, wit, and enthusiasm. Watson explains how atheism has evolved and reveals that the greatest works of art and literature, of science and philosophy of the last century can be traced to the rise of secularism.

From Nietzsche to Daniel Dennett, Watson’s stirring intellectual history manages to take the revolutionary ideas and big questions of these great minds and movements and explain them, making the connections and concepts simple without being simplistic. The Age of Atheists is “highly readable and immensely wide-ranging…For anybody who has wondered about the meaning of life…an enthralling and mind-expanding experience” (The Washington Post).

More books from Simon & Schuster

Cover of the book Janis by Peter Watson
Cover of the book Orbit by Peter Watson
Cover of the book The Sleeping Beauty Killer by Peter Watson
Cover of the book Jim Cramer's Mad Money by Peter Watson
Cover of the book Hamlet by Peter Watson
Cover of the book War and Peace by Peter Watson
Cover of the book The Busy Little Squirrel by Peter Watson
Cover of the book Why Dinosaurs Matter by Peter Watson
Cover of the book Charlie Numbers and the Man in the Moon by Peter Watson
Cover of the book Luckiest Man by Peter Watson
Cover of the book The Working Memory Advantage by Peter Watson
Cover of the book Sisters of Treason by Peter Watson
Cover of the book 27 Articles by Peter Watson
Cover of the book The King Years by Peter Watson
Cover of the book This Is Your Captain Speaking by Peter Watson
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy