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Feminism: a Graphic Guide by Cathia Jenainati
27.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Series: Introducing...
What is feminism? Why are we still talking about it, and what can it tell us about ourselves, our societies and prejudices? In this unique, illustrated introduction, we'll explore the early history of conscious struggle against sexist oppression, through the modern "waves" of feminism, up to present-da ...Show more
Introducing Cultural Studies: A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar
15.99 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | 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
Introducing Economics: A Graphic Guide by David Orrell
15.99 NZD
Category: Business | Series: Introducing... S.
Brand-new INTRODUCING guide to the subject that really makes the world go round. 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 Freakanomics attes ...Show more
Introducing Existentialism by Richard Appignanesi & Oscar Zarate (ill.)
25.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Introducing... Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In this book we encounter Camus, Sartre, Kierkegaard, Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche, and always in the background a history of dark times - our legacy of Nazism and the Cold War - overcasting the search.Pope Pius XII condemned Existentialism for its 'terrifying nihilism'. Anguish, despair, absurdity, nothi ...Show more
Introducing Freud by Richard Appignanesi
25.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Introducing... S.
Freud revolutionized the way we think about ourselves. His psychoanalytic terms such as Id, Ego, libido, neurosis and Oedipus Complex have become a familiar part of our everyday vocabulary. But do we know what they really mean? Introducing Freud successfully demystifies the facts of Freud's discover ...Show more
Introducing Hegel: A Graphic Guide by Lloyd Spencer
15.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Introducing... S.
INTRODUCING guide to the hugely influential German thinker. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is one of the greatest thinkers of all time. No other philosopher has had such a profound impact on the ideas and political events of the 20th century. Hegel's influential writings on philosophy, politics, history ...Show more
Introducing Jung by Maggie Hyde
25.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Introducing... S.
Explaining the theories that led Jung to break away from Freud and describing his own near psychotic breakdown in mid-life, this book demonstrates how it was entirely logical for him to explore the psychology of religion, alchemy, astology, the I Ching and other phenomena rejected by science.
Introducing Lenin and the Russian Revolution by Richard Appignanesi
25.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Introducing... S.
Lenin is the key to understanding the Russian Revolution. His dream as the creation of the world's first Socialist state. It was a short-lived dream that became a nightmare when Stalin rose to absolute power in 1929. Lenin was the avant-garde revolutionary who adapted Marxist theory to the practical rea ...Show more
Introducing Machiavelli: A Graphic Guide by Patrick Curry
15.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Introducing... S.
Illustrated guide to the crucial Italian philosopher and author of The Prince. 'Machiavellian' is a popular byword for treachery and opportunism. Machiavelli's classic book on statecraft, The Prince, published over 400 years ago, remains controversial to this day because of its electrifying frankness as ...Show more
Introducing Psychotherapy by Nigel Benson
25.95 NZD
Category: Health | Series: Introducing series
Psychotherapy is now hardly contentious, a safety net for the perils of modern life. But what - really - is it all about? Here is a unique and valuable summary of this complex profession, focussing on the main types of therapies: the 'talking cures' of psychoanalysis; behavioural and cognitive technique ...Show more