Great Ideas of the 20th Century

The Triumph of Human The ascendancy of human rights as a universal ideal is undeniable and, Taylor believes, unstoppable.The One distinctly 20th Century feature has been our obsession with the self.The All over the world the atomizing of nation states appears to be accelerating at an alarming rate. Why is this happening; where will it lead?The Death of If unconscious forces rule our inner life and physical space is governed by relativity, of what then can we be certain?Science and Examining science and technology, and the ambivalent roles they have played in the last 100 years.