▁the ▁strugg les ▁that ▁many ▁non - ang lo phone ▁scient ists ▁are ▁forced ▁to ▁bear . ▁In ▁an ▁ess ay - review ▁published ▁in ▁Science , ▁Y ael ▁Pe led ▁says ▁that ▁the ▁book ▁builds ▁its ▁case ▁" on ▁a ▁compreh ensive ▁body ▁of ▁research ▁not ▁only ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁science ▁but ▁also ▁in ▁lingu istics ," ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁book ▁ra ises ▁important ▁questions ▁about ▁" the ▁complex ▁inter play ▁between ▁science , ▁power , ▁and ▁language ." ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Mont gom ery ▁and ▁co - author , ▁Dan ▁Ch iro t , ▁also ▁in ▁the ▁Jackson ▁School ▁of ▁International ▁Studies ▁( Univers ity ▁of ▁Washington ), ▁published ▁The ▁Sh ape ▁of ▁the ▁New : ▁Four ▁Big ▁Ide as ▁and ▁How ▁They ▁Bu ilt ▁the ▁Modern ▁World , ▁a ▁work ▁of ▁significant ▁and ▁growing ▁influence . ▁The ▁main ▁prem ise ▁of ▁this ▁wide - r anging ▁and ▁well - written ▁book ▁is ▁that ▁ideas ▁“ do ▁not ▁merely ▁matter ; ▁they ▁matter ▁imm ens ely , ▁as ... the ▁source ▁for ▁dec isions ▁and ▁actions ▁that ▁have ▁struct ured ▁the ▁modern ▁world .” ▁Whether ▁ideas ▁or ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁other ▁actors , ▁especially ▁individuals , ▁desire ▁for ▁power , ▁and ▁the ▁response ▁to ▁events , ▁form ▁the ▁driving ▁force ( s ) ▁behind ▁history ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁long - standing ▁debate ▁within ▁the ▁historical ▁profession . ▁According ▁to ▁Mont gom ery ▁and ▁Ch iro t , ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁ideas — th ose ▁of