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Various competing schools of sociology have attempted to fit observations of social phenomena into different conceptual systems. This book traces...

Here Nicholas Agar provides a perfect guide to a labyrinthine debate....

This book briliantly explains Klein's work, describing the startling discoveries that raised such opposition at the time. Now Klein's ideas...

Claude Levi-Strauss' thought had a significant bearing on the most important intellectuals of his time. He provoked a complex interdisciplinary...

William Shakespeare's absolute pre-eminence in contemporary Western culture and society is simply unparalleled. Introducing Shakespeare looks at how 'The Bard'...

This book explains the basic ideas that inspired Sartre's existential world-view, and pays particular attention to his idea of freedom....

In 1859, Charles Darwin shocked the world by proposing his radical theory of evolution by natural selection. A hundred and...

Robert Blincoe's political, personal and turbulent story illuminates the Dickensian age like never before. His life provides an outstanding example...

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Chomsky, Dawkins, Germaine Greer, Martin Amis ... with regular TV appearances, newspaper columns and cultural commentary, intellectuals are indispensable characters...

According to this book, the 2000 election will be decided by expensive television campaigns. But the author holds out hope...

James Joyce was a great pioneer of modernism, whose writings are deeply human and often enormously comic and compelling reading....

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Richard Appignanesi goes in personal quest of Existentialism in its original state. He begins with Camus' question of suicide: 'Must...

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Introducing Genetics, New Edition...

Reflects the diversity and depth of this great 19th century thinker....

Heir to the Enlightenment tradition, Chomsky has introduced new perspectives on language, the creative individual and the nature of human...

Brilliantly explains how Jung broke away from Freud, and describes his own near-psychotic breakdown, a night-sea voyage from which he...

As a philosopher, historian and political activist Foucault left behind an enduring and influential body of work. This book explores...

Quantum theory is considered by many to be the most unfathomable of scientific models. It confronts us with bizarre paradoxes...

The book focuses on three of the giants of the Enlightenment - Voltaire, Diderot and Rousseau - but also in...

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Introducing Marxism provides a fundamental account of Karl Marx's philosophy, its roots in 19th century Europe and the radical critique...

This fantastic guide to Kafka is a must have for Robert Crumb fans. Through Crumb's masterful illustrations the dark humor...

Traces the origins of systems in society from Enlightenment thought and the pioneering work of Auguste Comte to subsequent development...

This book explains how chaos makes its presence felt in many varieties of event, from the fluctuation of animal populations...

Introducing Eastern Philosophy makes clear the Eastern view of ultimate reality, the emphasis on selfless ethics, and the quest for...

The universe is expanding, but how long has the expansion been going on? Will it expand forever, or collapse in...

Introducing Stephen Hawking is a brilliantly conceived introduction to Hawking's work, ranging from Einstein's Theory of Relativity to Black Holes...

This book will guide you through the thinking of the great philosophers of the Western world. This witty, accessible guide...

This informative guide recounts the history of Islam from the birth of the Prophet Muhammad to its status as a...

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Introducing Hegel guides us through the mind of this important philosopher and is key reading for anyone wanting to understand...

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Introducing Plato begins by explaining how philosophers like Socrates and Pythagoras influenced Plato's thought. It provides a clear account of...

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This book describes the key strategies of Derrida's writing, explains their controversial effects in philosophy, and shows how Derrida put...

Aristotle was named the 'master of those who know.' He is a foundational thinker in every field of inquiry. He...

Introducing Melanie Klein brilliantly explains Klein's work, illustrating her startling discoveries. Klein has become a major influence in psychoanalysis, and...

Philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre was once described as being the most famous Frenchman of the 20th century. He was...

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Introducing Psychotherapy is a unique and valuable guide for those who want to know more about the subject of psychotherapy....

Describing the life and teachings of the Buddha, Hope shows that enlightenment is a matter of experiencing the truth individually...

In Introducing Wittgenstein we meet a strange man, a rigorous logician who prized poetry above philosophy, who inherited a fortune...

Traces the history of time from Augustines suggestion that there is no time, to the flowing time of Newton, the...

Our knowledge comes primarily from experience. But is experience really what it seems? Is it reliable? Empiricist philosophers accept a...

Introducing Psychoanalysis asks important questions like: Why was Freud so interested in sex? How does analysis work? Psychoanalytic terms such...

Soren Kierkegaard is regarded as the founder of Existentialism and the first modern theologian. Philosophy, in Kierkegaard's radical view, was...

Introducing Descartes is a clear and accessible guide to all the puzzling questions he asked about human beings and their...

Introducing Consciousness starts with the problem of the philosophical relation between mind and matter, explains the historical origins of this...

For anyone intrigued by Lacan's ideas butdiscouraged by the apparent arcane quality of his writings, the lucid text and graphic...

Introducing Mathematics traces the story of mathematics from the ancient world to modern times, describing the great discoveries and providing...

Outlines the development of sign study from its classical prescursors to contemporary post--structuralism....

Offers a guide to the key philosophical, literary, mythological and cultural traditions of this extraordinarily diverse and pluralistic faith....

Introducing Logic makes this important discipline accessible to everyone using the series' popular illustrated format. This easy-to-follow guide maps the...

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