内容简介
ThisisacomprehensiveintroductiontothehistoryofWesternPhilosophyfromthePre-SocraticstoTwentiethCenturythought.Inadditiontoallthekeyfigures,thebookcoversfigureswhosecontributionshavesofarbeenoverlooked,suchasVico,Montesquieu,DurkheimandWeber.
Alongwithin-depthdiscussionofthephilosophicalmovements,SkirbekkandGiljealsodiscussthenaturalsciences,theestablishmentoftheHumanities,SocialismandFascism,Psychoanalysis,andtheriseofthesocialsciences.
HistoryofWesternThoughtisanidealintroductiontophilosophyandthesociologicalandscientificstructuresthathaveshapedmoderndayphilosophy.