Defines our understanding of colonialism and empire.

In this book the author gives an account of the arguments surrounding the proposition of postmodernism and contributes to the debate on what exactly is the nature of current social change.

Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed. This book extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status of science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information is controlled in the Western world.

An entertaining, impassioned polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century.

The Introducing series is renowned throughout the world for its ingenious combination of graphic illustration and intelligent, precise text by leading academics on some of the most challenging subjects around. This is an examination of one of the most famous philosophers of the 20th century.

The author offers an introduction to Islam, which claims a fifth of the world's population as followers, explaining the history of the religion as well as its basic beliefs and its various cultural expressions around the world. Original.