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Autism by Uta Frith
$30.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
What causes autism? Is it a genetic disorder, or due to some unknown environmental hazard? Are we facing an autism epidemic? What are the main symptoms, and how does it relate to Asperger syndrome? Everyone has heard of autism, but the disorder itself is little understood. It has captured the public ima ...Show more
Beauty - A Very Short Introduction by Roger Scruton
$22.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. In this Very Short Introduction the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, ...Show more
Catholicism: A Very Short Introduction by Gerald O'Collins
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Category: No Category | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Despite a long history of external threats and internal strife, the Roman Catholic Church remains a vast and influential presence in our modern world. But what were its origins, and how has it changed and adapted over the centuries? After Pope Benedict XVI dramatically resigned in early 2013 (the first ...Show more
Catholicism (A Very Short Introduction) by Gerald O'Collins
$30.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Despite a long history of external threats and internal strife, the Roman Catholic Church and the broader reality of Catholicism remain a vast and valuable presence into the third millennium of world history. What are the origins of the Catholic Church? How has Catholicism changed and adapted to such v ...Show more
Comparative Literature - A Very Short Introduction by Ben Hutchinson
$18.99 NZD
Category: Not a Book | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Comparative Literature is both the past and the future of literary studies. Its history is intimately linked to the political upheavals of modernity: from colonial empire-building in the nineteenth century to the postcolonial culture wars of the twenty-first century, attempts at "comparison" have define ...Show more
Fashion (A Very Short Introduction) by Rebecca Arnold
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Fashion is a dynamic global industry that plays an important role in the economic, political, cultural, and social lives of an international audience. It spans high art and popular culture, and plays a significant role in material and visual culture. This book introduces fashion's myriad influences and ...Show more
Foucault: A Very Short Introduction by Gary Gutting
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Category: Not a Book | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
From aesthetics to the penal system, and from madness and civilization to avant-garde literature, Foucault was happy to reject old models of thinking and replace them with fresh versions that are still being debated today. A major influence on Queer Theory and gender studies (he was openly gay and died ...Show more
Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction by Nigel Warburton
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it' This slogan, attributed to Voltaire, is frequently quoted by defenders of free speech. Yet it is rare to find anyone prepared to defend all expression in every circumstance, especially if the views expressed incite viole ...Show more
German Literature (A Very Short Introduction) by Nicholas Boyle
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
German writers, from Luther and Goethe to Heine, Brecht, and Gunter Grass, have had a profound influence on the modern world. This Very Short Introduction presents an engrossing tour of the course of German literature from the late Middle Ages to the present, focussing especially on the last 250 years. ...Show more
Heidegger by Michael Inwood
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Category: Not a Book | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) is probably the most divisive philosopher of the twentieth century. Considered by some to be the greatest charlatan ever to claim the title of 'philosopher', by some as an apologist for Nazism, he was also an acknowledged leader and central figure to many philosophers. Micha ...Show more
Metaphysics - A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Mumford
$14.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Metaphysics is traditionally one of the four main branches of philosophy, alongside ethics, logic and epistemology. It is an area that continues to attract and fascinate many people, even though it is generally thought to be highly complex and abstract. For some it is associated with the mystical or rel ...Show more
Modern China : a Very Short Introduction by Rana Mitter
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Category: Not a Book | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presence, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems to be a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristiccities, heir to ...Show more