Liu Qing's Lecture Notes on Modern Western Thought

The meaning of life, the value of freedom and fairness that people yearn for, the complex conflicts and future trends of human civilization... These big and small problems that confuse you have also troubled outstanding minds such as Weber, Nietzsche, and Sartre in the past. They did their best to explain and provided valuable ideological marks for future generations. In this handout, Liu Qing introduces 19 great thinkers from a modern perspective, extensively and systematically discusses the pros and cons of instrumental rationality, how to face nihilism, the alienation of people by consumerism, the fairness and justice of wealth distribution and global issues such as transformation. The mind is not confused, the spirit is bright. In the life stories of these 19 masters, you will understand the foundation and framework of their ideological building. You will also face many difficult problems in personal life and social public areas on the top of the ideological building, and you will receive prudent and sincere answers.