Empires of Belief: Why We Need More Scepticism and Doubt in the Twenty-First Century

by Stuart Sim

This book challenges all forms of fundamentalism and unexamined belief systems from a philosophical and sceptical viewpoint.Is unquestioning belief making a global comeback? The growth of religious fundamentalism seems to suggest so. For the sceptically minded, this is a deeply worrying trend, not just confined to religion. Political, economic, and scientific theories can demand the same unquestioning obedience from the general public. Stuart Sim...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748623264
• ISBN13: 9780748623266
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 8.6"