50 Big Ideas

Contents

Introduction

01 Platonism

02 Aristotelianism

03 The golden rule

04 Altruism

06 Tolerance

07 Scepticism

09 Punishment

10 Materialism

11 Relativism

12 Utilitarianism

13 Existentialism

18 Fundamentalism

20 Secularism

21 Creationism

25 Liberalism

26 Democracy

27 Conservatism

28 Imperialism

29 Nationalism

30 Multiculturalism

31 The social contract

32 Republicanism

33 Communism

36 Feminism

37 Islamism

38 Capitalism

39 Globalization

40 Classicism

41 Romanticism

42 Modernism

43 Surrealism

44 Censorship

45 Evolution

48 Relativity

49 Quantum mechanics

50 The Big Bang