Icons of Unbelief: Atheists, Agnostics, and Secularists, edited by S. T. Joshi

Icons of Unbelief: Atheists, Agnostics, and Secularists, edited by S. T. Joshi, published in 2008. First Edition. A substantial reference work examining the lives and intellectual contributions of prominent freethinkers whose writings helped shape modern secular thought. Through scholarly biographical essays contributed by specialists, the volume explores the philosophical, scientific, literary, and political ideas of influential atheists, agnostics, humanists, and secularists from antiquity to the modern era. Figures represented include philosophers, scientists, novelists, historians, and public intellectuals whose work challenged religious orthodoxy while advancing rational inquiry, skepticism, scientific naturalism, and the separation of religion from public life. Rather than presenting a single philosophical argument, the collection traces the diverse intellectual traditions that have informed secular thought across centuries and cultures, making it a valuable resource for the study of the history of unbelief and the development of modern humanism.A particularly desirable association copy, signed and warmly inscribed by editor S. T. Joshi on the front endsheet to Scott Connors, the noted Clark Ashton Smith scholar, bibliographer, and literary editor. From the estate of Scott Connors. Hardcover. First Edition. Only the very lightest, if any, shelfwear.