Sam Harris

The End of Faith (Bok)

This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Sam Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favour of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behaviour and sometimes heinous crimes. He asserts that in the shadow of weapons of mass destruction, we can no longer tolerate views that pit one true god against another. Most controversially, he argues that we cannot afford moderate lip service to religion -- an accommodation that only blinds us to the real perils of fundamentalism. While warning against the encroachment of organised religion into world politics, Harris also draws on new evidence from neuroscience and insights from philosophy to explore spirituality as a biological, brain-based need. He calls on us to invoke that need in taking a secular humanistic approach to solving the problems of this world.

Författare:	Sam Harris
Titel:	The End of Faith
Typ:	Bok
Kategori:	Böcker/Samhälle & Politik/Samhälle & Politik
Releasedatum:	2006-02-06
Registreringsdatum:	2009-01-11
Artikelnummer:	635672
Lagerstatus:	Beställningsvara Leveranstid: från 7 vardagar
EAN:	9780743268097
ISBN:	0743268097
Språk:	Engelska
Bandtyp:	Pocket
Mått(BxHxD):	130x198x22 mm
Omfång:	336 sidor
Vikt:	274 gram
Titel:	The End of Faith
Förlag:	Simon & Schuster UK