How mumbo-jumbo conquered the world : a short history of modern delusions / Francis Wheen.
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TextPublisher: New York : PublicAffairs, [2005]Description: 327 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781586483487 (pbk.) :Subject(s): History, Modern -- 1989- | History, Modern -- 1945-1989 | Civilization, Modern -- 1950- | Superstition -- History -- 20th century | History | HistoryDDC classification: 909.8'28 Summary: In 1979 two events occurred that would shape the next 25 years - the arrival of Margaret Thatcher and the restoration in Iran, by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, of a regime that had last existed over 1300 years before. The author explores the post-political era and the rise in relativism.
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Originally published: London: Harper Perennial, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In 1979 two events occurred that would shape the next 25 years - the arrival of Margaret Thatcher and the restoration in Iran, by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, of a regime that had last existed over 1300 years before. The author explores the post-political era and the rise in relativism.
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