Matthew Stewart | |
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Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Honolulu, Hawaii |
Occupation | Author (non-fiction) |
Nationality | American |
Subject | Philosophy, History |
Spouse | Katherine Stewart |
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Matthew Stewart is an American philosopher and author currently living in the Boston, Massachusetts area. [1] He is the author of The 9.9 Percent, Nature's God, The Management Myth, The Courtier and the Heretic, Monturiol's Dream, and The Truth About Everything. He graduated from Princeton University in 1985 with a concentration in political philosophy and was awarded the Sachs Scholarship from Princeton for study at Oxford University, where he earned a D.Phil. in philosophy in 1988. He worked as a management consultant prior to writing full-time. [2]
Year | Title | Publisher | Subject |
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2024 | An Emancipation of the Mind: Radical Philosophy, the War over Slavery, and the Refounding of America | W. W. Norton & Company | Slavery in the United States |
2021 | The 9.9 Percent: The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture | Simon & Schuster | Wealth inequality, Distribution of wealth |
2014 | Nature’s God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic | W. W. Norton & Company | Politics of the United States |
2009 | The Management Myth: Debunking the Modern Philosophy of Business | W. W. Norton & Company | Management, Management consulting |
2006 | The Courtier and the Heretic: Leibniz, Spinoza, and the Fate of God in the Modern World | W. W. Norton & Company | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Baruch Spinoza |
2004 | Monturiol’s Dream: The Extraordinary Story of the Submarine Inventor Who Wanted to Save the World | Pantheon Books | Narcís Monturiol |
1997 | The Truth About Everything: An Irreverent History of Philosophy | Prometheus Books | Philosophy |
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