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Peter Watson

Historian and former journalist. Books include Ideas: A History from Fire to Freud, and The Age of Nothing.

Peter Watson is an intellectual historian and former journalist, now perhaps best known for his work in the history of ideas. Books include Ideas: A History from Fire to Freud. His latest book, The Age of Nothing: How We Have Sought to Live since the Death of God.

Peter Watson is the author if Ideas: A History from Fire to Freud. His latest book, The Age of Nothing: How We Have Sought to Live since the Death of God, was published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in February.

Peter Watson is an intellectual historian and former journalist, now perhaps best known for his work in the history of ideas. Books include Ideas: A History from Fire to Freud. His latest book, The Age of Nothing: How We Have Sought to Live since the Death of God.

Peter Watson is the author if Ideas: A History from Fire to Freud. His latest book, The Age of Nothing: How We Have Sought to Live since the Death of God, was published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in February.

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