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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 23 books in this booklist
£6.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781848316928 | ISBN 10: 1848316925
Walter Benjamin is often considered the key modern philosopher and critic of modern art. Tracing his influence on modern aesthetics and cultural history, Introducing Walter Benjamin highlights his commitment to political transformation of the art ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781848316133 | ISBN 10: 1848316135
Richard Appignanesi goes on a personal quest of Existentialism in its original state. He begins with Camus’ question of suicide: ‘Must life have a meaning to be lived?’ Is absurdity at the heart of Existentialism? Or is Sartre right: is Existentialis ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781848316126 | ISBN 10: 1848316127
Did Fascism end with the Allied victory over the Axis powers in 1945, or has it been lying dormant and is now re-awakening as we move into the 21st century? Introducing Fascism trace the origins of Fascism in 19th-century traditions of ultra-conserva ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781848316263 | ISBN 10: 1848316267
Introducing Counselling: A Practical Guide is an accessible and practical route into counselling techniques. What is it? How does it work? And how can it change your life? With expert advice on everything from the ethics of counselling to ident ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781848315051 | ISBN 10: 1848315058
What is assertiveness, and what are benefits? Filled with straightforward, practical advice, Introducing Assertiveness: A Practical Guide will help you find out, allowing you to overcome passive behaviour and take ownership of your own thoughts and f ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781848314078 | ISBN 10: 1848314078
A compact Introducing guide to the influential philosopher, sociologist and economist. Introducing Marx explores the life of the most famous Socialist figure, from his early years to meeting Engels in1842. It provides a readable, understandable ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781848313446 | ISBN 10: 1848313446
What exactly is psychotherapy? And how can you choose which method is best for you? This title offers a comprehensive guide to some of the main aspects of psychotherapy including psychoanalysis, behavioural and cognitive techniques, and individual an ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781848313026 | ISBN 10: 1848313020
Bertrand Russell changed Western philosophy forever. He co-authored the infamous Principia Mathematica, the most difficult book ever written on the logic of mathematics. A pioneer in logical analysis, he was a resolute empiricist who tackled many puz ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781848312937 | ISBN 10: 1848312938
A brand-new Introducing title on the ‘world’s most dangerous philosopher’. Slavoj Zizek is one of those rare philosophers writing today whose fame exceeds academia and who is widely known publicly. Zizek’s work and writings ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781848312982 | ISBN 10: 1848312989
Compact Introducing guide to Britain’s first female and, probably, most divisive prime minister, and the thinking that guided her. Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1979 to 1990 and in that time presided over the mos ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781848312036 | ISBN 10: 1848312032
Philosophers have always asked fundamental and disturbing questions about politics. Plato and Aristotle debated the merits of democracy. The origins of society, the state and government authority were issues addressed by Hobbes, Rousseau, Hegel, Marx ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781848312159 | ISBN 10: 1848312156
Economics was described by the English economist Lionel Robbins in 1935 as ‘the science of scarcity’ but these days economics is everywhere, and it’s never been more popular – as bestselling books such as Freakonomics attest. But what is ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781848312074 | ISBN 10: 1848312075
An illustrated guide to the controversial sociologist Jean Baudrillard, who died in 2007. Did the Gulf War take place? Is it possible to fake a bank robbery? Was sexual liberation a disaster? Jean Baudrillard has been hailed as one of France’ ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781848311213 | ISBN 10: 1848311214
The term 'feminism' came into English usage around the 1890s, but women's conscious struggle to resist discrimination and sexist oppression goes much further back. This completely new and updated edition of Introducing Feminism surveys the major deve ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781848311145 | ISBN 10: 1848311141
Hinduism is said to be the world's oldest religion. Yet the word 'Hindu' is of foreign 18th-century origin. Hinduism is defined as a polytheistic religion, but Mahatma Gandhi famously declared that one can be a Hindu without believing in any god.&nbs ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781848311152 | ISBN 10: 184831115x
Shakespeare’s absolute pre-eminence is simply unparalleled. His plays pack theatres and provide Hollywood with blockbuster scripts; his works inspire mountains of scholarship and criticism every year. He has given us many of the very words we speak, ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781848310551 | ISBN 10: 1848310552
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. Tracing capitalism from its beginning to the pres ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781848310087 | ISBN 10: 1848310080
Are humans really selfish and greedy, or generous and kind? Does anyone have the right to tell you what ‘good’ and ‘bad’ mean? Is morality about obeying a set of rules or thinking about the consequences? Ethics affects everyone. Moral d ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781848310131 | ISBN 10: 1848310137
If a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, does it cause a tornado in Texas? Chaos theory attempts to answer such baffling questions. The discovery of randomness in apparently predictable physical systems has evolved into a science that declares the u ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781848310117 | ISBN 10: 1848310110
Meditation, Karma, Zen, Tantric and Nirvana are some of the many Buddhist ideas Westerners hear of frequently, even if their meaning has been lost in translation. This vast and complex non-theistic religion is woven into the fabric of Asian civilizat ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781848310100 | ISBN 10: 1848310102
Carl Gustav Jung was the enigmatic and controversial disciple of Sigmund Freud, who supplemented Freud’s work with crucial questions about religion and the soul. Jung, with his new-age following, if often perceived today as a quasi-religious sage, bu ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781840468526 | ISBN 10: 1840468521
What is psychology? When did it begin? Where did it come from? How does psychology compare with psychiatry and psychotherapy? Is it scientific? Introducing Psychology answers all these intriguing questions and more, explaining what the s ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781840468519 | ISBN 10: 1840468513
Freud revolutionized the way we think about ourselves. His psychoanalytic terms such as Id, Ego, libido, neurosis and Oedipus Complex have become a part of our everyday vocabulary. But do we know what they really mean? Introducing Freud successfully ... more
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