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“I believe I first heard about this book when I watched Kent Hovind's seminar in 2002. It had been on my list of books to read for several years. I saw it in a bookstore and picked it up somewhere in the last year.
Eric M wrote this review Sunday, November 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
This book was copywrited in 1990, and some of the content shows it.
The premise of the book is that there are 7 men who, because of their ideas, rule the world from their graves. The book opens with Charles Darwin, followed by 2 chapters exploring the implications of his ideas. It follows with Karl Marx. No doubt, both of these men through their ideas currently rule the world from the grave. The author discuses 4 ways that Karl Marx's economics fall flat. I buy that.
Next up is Julius Wellhausen, a man I'd never heard of until arriving at that chapter. He was apparently, from the author's perspective, the father of liberal theology. Currently, liberal Christianity seems like less of a threat than it may have been 20 years ago. I would not have included Wellhausen. Like I said, I'd never heard of him, and I've done a fair amount of study into textual criticism and liberal theology.
Following Wellhausen is sort of an "honorable mention" chapter on Einstein, not that his ideas grant him rulership of the world from the grave, but how his theory of relativity morphed into relativism in the popular culture.
Freud follows, then John Dewey, John Maynard Keynes, and Soren Kierkegaard.
If this book were written now, I wonder if the cast would be different. At the very least, I'd change out Wellhausen. Maybe Kierkegaard, but existentialism still seems like a discussion among the great discourse.
If, like me, you're interested in the ideas and forces that shaped the world, this is a decent book to read.”
“As a young man in order to understand the world and the day in which we live it is imperative to understand the persons and events that brought us to this point. However as you get older the focus shifts to understanding the new trends that are shaping your world. This book gives insight into how we have arrived at the time and place in which we live.”
ryan wrote this review Saturday, July 19 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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