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Existentialism - A Reconstruction by David E. Cooper
$59.95 AUD
Category: Special Orders | Series: Introducing Philosophy Ser.
First published in 1990, Existentialism is widely regardedas a classic introductory survey of the topic, and has helped torenew interest in existentialist philosophy.The author places existentialism within the great traditions ofphilosophy, and argues that it deserves as much attention fromanalytic phil ...Show more
Introducing Aesthetics: A Graphic Guide by Christopher Kul-Want
$12.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Every day we talk about the aesthetics of a piece of art or design. More than a simple response, aesthetics is a philosophy in which perceptions, feelings, and emotions combine to form the whole nature of experience. Through clear text and fitting illustrations, Introducing Aesthetics provides a captiva ...Show more
Introducing Alain Badiou: A Graphic Guide by Michael J. Kelly; Agostino Piero
$12.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
After Slavoj Zizek, Frenchman Alain Badiouwhose work ranges from novels, poems, "romanoperas," and political treatises to math theoryis probably the world's best-known living philosopher. Featuring the brilliantly idiosyncratic illustrations of Piero, this incisive graphic guide is written by Michael Ke ...Show more
Introducing Aristotle: A Graphic Guide by Rupert Woodfin, Judy Groves
$16.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... S.
"Introducing Aristotle" guides the reader through an explosion of theories, from the establishment of systematic logic to the earliest rules of science. Aristotle's authority extended beyond his own lifetime to influence fundamentally Islamic philosophy and medieval scholasticism. For fifteen centuries, ...Show more
Introducing Barthes: A Graphic Guide by Philip Malcolm Waller Thody; Piero (Illustrator)
$12.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Introducing Barthes brilliantly elucidates Roland Barthes application of semiotics to literature, popular culture, clothes, and fashion, and explains why his thinking in this area made him a key figure in the structuralist movement of the 1960s. "
Introducing Bertrand Russell: A Graphic Guide by Dave Robinson; Judy Groves
$12.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Bertrand Russell changed Western philosophy forever. He tackled many puzzleshow our minds work, how we experience the world, and what the true nature of meaning is. In Introducing Bertrand Russell we meet a passionate eccentric, active in world politics, who had outspoken views on sex, marriage, religio ...Show more
Introducing Camus: A Graphic Guide by David Zane Mairowitz; Alain Korkos (Illustrator)
$12.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Introducing Camus portrays a man who was an intellectual in the tradition of the great French humanists, a Resistance fighter during World War II, and also a great sensualist for whom sun, sea, sex, football, and theater were the answer to life's absurdity.
Introducing Capitalism: A Graphic Guide by Dan Cryan, Sharron Shatil
$12.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Capitalism now dominates the globe, both in economics and ideology, shapes every aspect of our world and influences everything from laws, wars and government to interpersonal relationships. "Introducing Capitalism" tells the story of its remarkable and often ruthless rise, evolving through strife and st ...Show more
Introducing Chomsky: A Graphic Guide by John Maher
$12.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... S.
'Lucid, witty and exact.' New Statesman. Linguist Noam Chomsky maintains that the human brain has an innate language faculty, and that part of this biological endowment is a 'universal grammar', a theory of principles common to all languages. Thus, all human languages and the ways in which children lear ...Show more
Introducing Consciousness: A Graphic Guide by David Papineau, Howard Selina
$19.00 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... S.
"Introducing Consciousness" provides a comprehensive guide to the current state of consciousness studies. It starts with the history of the philosophical relation between mind and matter, and proceeds to scientific attempts to explain consciousness in terms of neural mechanisms, cerebral computation and ...Show more
Introducing Continental Philosophy: A Graphic Guide by Christopher Kul-Want; Piero (Illustrator)
$12.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
What makes philosophy on the continent of Europe so different and exciting? And why does it have such a reputation for being 'difficult'?Continental philosophy was initiated amid the revolutionary ferment of the 18th century, philosophers such as Kant and Hegel confronting the extremism of the time with ...Show more
Introducing Critical Theory: A Graphic Guide by Stuart Sim, Borin van Loon
$16.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
What might a 'theory of everything' look like? Is science an ideology? Who were Adorno, Horkheimer or the Frankfurt School? The decades since the 1960s have seen an explosion in the production of critical theories. Deconstructionists, poststructuralists, postmodernists, second-wave feminists, new histor ...Show more