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The Unbelievers

The Unbelievers

The Evolution of Modern Atheism

by S. T. Joshi
Publication Date: 01/06/2013

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This is an enlightening and superbly researched history of the evolution of modern atheism, from the early 19th century to today. Atheism, once a minority view, is now openly embraced by an increasing number of scientists, philosophers, politicians, and celebrities. How did this formerly closeted secular outlook gain its current prominence as a philosophically viable and challenging worldview? Beginning with an exploration of the movement's origins in the 19th century, when intellectuals, thinkers, and writers - such as Huxley, Nietzsche, and Twain - first openly voiced scepticism, "The Unbelievers" goes on to look at the impact of and prominent atheist thinkers of the early 20th century, including Clarence Darrow and Bertrand Russell, before moving on to examine how, in recent years figures such as Richard Dawkins, Gore Vidal, and Sam Harris have brought atheism in to the mainstream.
ISBN:
9781616142360
9781616142360
Category:
Agnosticism & atheism
Publication Date:
01-06-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Prometheus Books
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
304
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x18mm
Weight:
0.29kg
S. T. Joshi

S. T. Joshi is a leading authority on H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, H. L. Mencken, and others.

He has edited the definitive restored editions of the works of Lovecraft, several annotated editions of Bierce and Mencken, and has written such critical studies as The Modern Weird Tale.

His biography H. P. Lovecraft: A Life won the Horror Writer Association's Stoker Award for best-non fiction.

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