Genius of the Modern World
Genius of the Modern World
Genius of the Modern World

Genius of the Modern World

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Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud changed the landscape of the modern world. Together they re-imagined global economics; questioned the very foundations of morality and society; and unraveled the workings of the human mind. Traveling through Europe, historian Bettany Hughes uncovers the personal lives of the men behind the famous theories.

Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud changed the landscape of the modern world. Together they re-imagined global economics; questioned the very foundations of morality and society; and unraveled the workings of the human mind. Traveling through Europe, historian Bettany Hughes uncovers the personal lives of the men behind the famous theories.

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