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Introducing Literary Criticism: A Graphic Guide by Owen Holland; Piero (Artist)
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Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
From Plato to Virginia Woolf, Structuralism to Practical Criticism, Introducing Literary Criticism charts the history and development of literary criticism into a rich and complex discipline. Tackling disputes over the value and meaning of literature, and exploring theoretical and practical approaches, ...Show more
Introducing Marxism - A Graphic Guide by Rupert Woodfin, Oscar Zarate
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Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Was Marx himself a 'Marxist'? Was his visionary promise of socialism betrayed by Marxist dictatorship? Is Marxism inevitably totalitarian? What did Marx really say? "Introducing Marxism" provides a fundamental account of Karl Marx's original philosophy, its roots in 19th century European ideology, his r ...Show more
Introducing Mathematics: A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar, Jerry Ravetz
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Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Introducing Mathematics traces the story of mathematics from the ancient world to modern times, describing the great discoveries and providing an accessible introduction to topics such as algebra and chaos theory.
Introducing Media Studies: A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar; Borin Van Loon (Illustrator)
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Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
The media is ubiquitous. Every day we watch hours of TV, listen to the radio, read newspapers and magazines, go to the cinema, sit in front of videos or surf the Web. These information commodities exercise enormous influence and power over all of us. Introducing Media Studies explores the complex relati ...Show more
Introducing Melanie Klein: A Graphic Guide by Robert Hinshelwood; Susan Robinson; Oscar Zarate (Illustrator)
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Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Melanie Klein was the most innovative and influential child psychoanalyst in the first half of the twentieth century. Introducing Melanie Klein explores her progressive ideas. Her concepts of the depressive position and the paranoid-schizoid position are now in common usage, and her work is studied by ...Show more
Introducing Mind and Brain : A Graphic Guide by Angus Gellatly; Oscar Zarate (Illustrator)
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Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
How do emotions affect your basic decision making? Why do certain smells prompt long-forgotten memories, and what makes us suddenly self-conscious? How does the biological organ, the brain, give rise to all of the thoughts in your head- enable you to think, to feel, to be conscious and aware- to have ' ...Show more
Introducing Modernism: A Graphic Guide by Chris Rodrigues; Chris Garratt (Illustrator)
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Modernism is usually thought of as a shock wave of innovations hitting art, architecture, music, cinema and literature - the work of Picasso, Joyce, Schoenberg, movements like Futurism and Dada, the architecture of Le Corbusier, T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland and the avant-garde theatre of Bertolt Brecht or ...Show more
Introducing Philosophy: A Graphic Guide by Dave Robinson, Judy Groves
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Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Philosophers have always enjoyed asking awkward and provocative questions, such as: What is the nature of reality? What are human beings really like? What is special about the human mind and consciousness? Are we free to choose who we are and what we do? Can we prove that God exists? Can we be certain a ...Show more
Introducing Philosophy of Science : A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar; Borin Van Loon (Illustrator)
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Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
What do scientists actually do? Is science value-free ? How has science evolved through history? Where is science leading us? Introducing Philosophy of Science is a clear and incisively illustrated map of the big questions underpinning science. It is essential reading for students, the general public, a ...Show more
Introducing Political Philosophy : A Graphic Guide by Dave Robinson
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Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Introducing Political Philosophy explains the subject s central concepts and presents the major political theorists from Plato to Michel Foucault. How did governments get started? Why should they be obeyed? Could we live without them? How much power should they have? Is freedom a right? Which is the bes ...Show more
Introducing Postmodernism: A Graphic Guide by Richard Appignanesi, Chris Garratt
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Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
What connects Marilyn Monroe, Disneyworld, "The Satanic Verses" and cyber space? Answer: Postmodernism. But what exactly is postmodernism? This graphic guide explains clearly the maddeningly enigmatic concept that has been used to define the world's cultural condition over the last three decades. "Intro ...Show more
Introducing Psychoanalysis: A Graphic Guide by Ivan Ward
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Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
INTRODUCING guide to the history and theory of still controversial 'speaking cure'. The ideas of psychoanalysis have permeated Western culture. It is the dominant paradigm through which we understand our emotional lives, and Freud still finds himself an iconic figure. Yet despite the constant stream of ...Show more