The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God

by Peter Watson

Book Overview

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014 From one of England's most distinguished intellectual historians comes "an exhilarating ride...that will stand the test of time as a masterful account of" ( The Boston Globe ) one of the West's most important intellectual movements: Atheism. In 1882, Friedrich Nietzche declared that "God is dead" and ever since tens of thousands of brilliant, courageous, thoughtful individuals have devoted their creative energies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476754314
• ISBN13: 9781476754314
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 626 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Impressive in Scope

This book is extremely broad in its view of how people across the world since the words uttered "God is dead" lived their lives. The scope stretches throughout time as well. The author does not seem one to be right or wrong. From Dance, to poetry, to existentialism, all to be interesting. This book is a might and profound read, simply to gain an understanding in different secular views over humanities many generations since the phrase came to be uttered.