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Capitalism: A Graphic Guide by Dan Cryan, Sharron Shatil
Category: Politics | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Capitalism shapes every aspect of our world, beyond just our economic structures; it moulds our values and influences the way we write laws, wage wars and even conduct personal relationships. From its beginnings to the present day, Capitalism: A Graphic Guidetells the story of capitalism's remark ...Show more
INTRODUCING AUSTRALIA by Anita Ganeri
Category: Education | Series: Introducing Continents Ser.
What is Uluru? What language is spoken in Australia? Where do koala bears live? This book answers these questions and more as it introduces young readers to the continent of Australia through age-appropriate maps, engaging photographs, and simple text. Topics covered within the book include where the co ...Show more
Introducing Aesthetics: A Graphic Guide by Christopher Kul-Want
Category: Philosophy and Religion | 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
Category: Philosophy | 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 American Politics Graphic Guide by Laura Locker; Jules Scheele (Illustrator)
Category: Politics | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Following in the footsteps of the highly successful Queer: A Graphic History, illustrator Jules Scheele teams up with Dr Laura Locker in this comic-book introduction to the political history of the Land of Opportunity. How did a political outsider like Trump win the 2016 presidential election? Why do s ...Show more
Introducing Artificial Intelligence: A Graphic Guide by Henry Brighton; Howard Selina (Illustrator)
Category: Social Sciences | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Half a century of research has resulted in machines capable of beating the best human chess players, and humanoid robots that can interact. But can machines really think? Is the mind just a complicated computer program? Introducing Artificial Intelligence focuses on the issues behind one of science's ...Show more
Introducing Barthes: A Graphic Guide by Philip Malcolm Waller Thody; Piero (Illustrator)
Category: Non Fiction | 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
Category: Philosophy and Religion | 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 Capitalism: A Graphic Guide by Dan Cryan, Sharron Shatil
Category: Culture | 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 Continental Philosophy: A Graphic Guide by Christopher Kul-Want; Piero (Illustrator)
Category: Philosophy and Religion | 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
Category: Culture | 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
Introducing Cultural Studies: A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar
Category: Culture | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Covering the ground from Antonio Gramsci to Raymond Williams, postcolonial discourse to the politics of diaspora, feminism to queer theory, technoculture and the media to globalization, Introducing Cultural Studies serves as an insightful guide to the essential concepts of this fascinating area of study ...Show more