Introducing Alain Badiou: A Graphic Guide (Piero)(Paperback)

Introducing Alain Badiou: A Graphic Guide (Piero)(Paperback)

After Slavoj Zizek, Frenchman Alain Badiou--whose work ranges from novels, poems, romanop ras, and political treatises to math theory--is probably the world's best-known living philosopher. Featuring the brilliantly idiosyncratic illustrations of Piero, this incisive graphic guide is written by

Lacan: Anti-Philosophy 3 (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

Alain Badiou is arguably the most significant philosopher in Europe today. Badiou's seminars, given annually on major conceptual and historical topics, constitute an enormously important part of his work. They served as laboratories for his thought and public illuminations of his complex ideas yet

Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide (Clegg Brian)(Paperback)

A brand new graphic guide from Brian Clegg, author of the best-selling Inflight Science, Introducing Infinity will teach you all you need to know about this big idea, from mathematicians driven mad by transfinite numbers to the ancient Greeks who drowned the man that discovered an endless

Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

Introducing Stephen Hawking: A Graphic Guide (McEvoy J. P.)(Paperback)

Black: The Brilliance of a Non-Color (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

Who hasn't had the frightening experience of stumbling around in the pitch dark? Alain Badiou experienced that primitive terror when he, with his young friends, made up a game called 'The Stroke of Midnight.' The furtive discovery of the dark continent of sex in banned magazines, the beauty of

Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

Alain Badiou, one of the most powerful voices in contemporary French philosophy, shows how our prevailing ethical principles serve ultimately to reinforce an ideology of the status quo and fail to provide a framework for an effective understanding of the concept of

Metapolitics (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

Badiou indicts this approach, which reduces politics to a matter of opinion, thus eliminating any of its truly radical and emancipatory possibilities. Against this intellectual tradition, Badiou proposes instead the consideration of politics in terms of the production of truth and the affirmation

Introducing Fascism: A Graphic Guide (Jansz Litza)(Paperback)

A fascinating graphic guide to the political movements and philosophical roots of fascism, tracing the origins of its ideas to nineteenth-century traditions.Stuart Hood is a WWII POW escapee and subsequent expert and BBC film

Introducing the Enlightenment: A Graphic Guide (Spencer Lloyd)(Paperback)

Introducing the Enlightenment is the essential guide to the giants of the EnlightenmentAdam Smith, Samuel Johnson, Immanuel Kant, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. This book provides a clear and accessible introduction to the leading thinkers of the age, the men and women who believed that

Introducing Barthes: A Graphic Guide (Thody Philip)(Paperback)

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

Introducing Continental Philosophy: A Graphic Guide (Want Christopher)(Paperback)

This brand new graphic guide provides a comprehensive introduction to the schools of thought and key figures in continental philosophy. Christopher Kul-Want is the course director for the MA in Fine Art at Central St. Martins, London, and the author of the popular Graphic Guide Introducing Slavoj

Introducing Wittgenstein: A Graphic Guide (Heaton John)(Paperback)

This is a superlative graphic guide described as 'warm, witty and wise' by Jonathan Ree to an enigmatic master of twentieth-century

Introducing Anthropology: A Graphic Guide (Davies Merryl Wyn)(Paperback)

Introducing Anthropology traces the evolution of anthropology from ancient Greece to contemporary times. Anthropology's key concepts and methods are explained, and we meet some of its most famous stars, including Franz Boas, Bronislaw Malinowski, E.E. Evans-Pritchard, Margaret Mead, and Claude

Introducing Evolution: A Graphic Guide (Evans Dylan)(Paperback)

Introducing Evolution explores evolutionary theory from its origins to its reception across history and how it has been developed and refined. Drawing on the latest findings from genetics, ecology, and animal behavior, it unravels the central and often misunderstood concepts, notably natural

Malebranche: Theological Figure, Being 2 (Badiou Alain)(Pevná vazba)

Alain Badiou is perhaps the world's most significant living philosopher. In his annual seminars on major topics and pivotal figures, Badiou developed vital aspects of his thinking on a range of subjects that he would go on to explore in his influential works. In this seminar, Badiou offers a tour

Introducing Consciousness: A Graphic Guide (Papineau David)(Paperback)

Introducing Consciousness starts with the problem of the philosophical relation between mind and matter, explains the historical origins of this problem, and traces different scientific attempts to explain consciousness. Along the way, readers will be introduced to zombies and Chinese Rooms, ghosts

Introducing Linguistics: A Graphic Guide (Trask R. L.)(Paperback)

Covering thinkers from Aristotle to Saussure and Chomsky, Introducing Linguistics reveals the rules and beauty that underlie language, our most human

Introducing Political Philosophy: A Graphic Guide (Robinson Dave)(Paperback)

Introducing Political Philosophy explains the subject s central concepts and presents the major political theorists from Plato to Michel Foucault. How did governments get started? Why should they be obeyed? Could we live without them? How much power should they have? Is freedom a right? Which is

Introducing Mathematics: A Graphic Guide (Sardar Ziauddin)(Paperback)

Introducing Mathematics traces the story of mathematics from the ancient world to modern times, describing the great discoveries and providing an accessible introduction to topics such as algebra and chaos

Introducing Semiotics: A Graphic Guide (Cobley Paul)(Paperback)

Introducing Semiotics outlines the development of semioticsthe study of signs and signifiers in the world around usfrom its classical precursors to contemporary post-structuralism. It identifies the key semioticians and their work and explains the simple concepts behind difficult

Introducing Plato: A Graphic Guide (Robinson Dave)(Paperback)

Introducing Plato provides a clear account of Plato's theory of knowledge and explains how this directed his provocative views on politics, ethics, and individual liberty. Offering detailed critical commentaries on all of the key doctrines of Platonism, it also charts Plato's influence on modern

Being and Event (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

Since the book's first publication in 1988, Alain Badiou's Being and Event has established itself of one of the most important and controversial works in contemporary philosophy and its author as one of the most influential thinkers of our time. Being and Event is a comprehensive statement of

The Rebirth of History (Badiou Alain)(Pevná vazba)