What exactly is postmodernism? This graphic guide explains the maddeningly enigmatic concept that has been used to define the world's cultural condition.

An accessible introductory guide to philosophy guides readers through the traditions of Western philosophy, from Heraclitus to Derrida, navigating some of the most vexing questions posed by the study of philosophy, such as what is the nature of reality? Reprint.

This title traces the history of time from Augustine's suggestion that there is no time, to the flowing time of Newton, the conventional time of Poincare, the static time of Einstein, and then back, full circle, to the idea that there is no time in quantum gravity.

Outlines the development of sign study from its classical precursors to contemporary post-structuralism. It identifies the key semioticians and their work and explains the simple concepts behind difficult terms.

This guide traces the highly influential work of the postmodernist intellectual, Baudrillard, who has been hailed as one of the world's most subtle and powerful thinkers. His style and assaults on sociology, feminism and Marxism have exposed him to accusations of being the pimp of postmodernism.

Explains what the sciences have to say about planning and action, language, memory, attention, emotions and vision. This book traces the historical development of ideas about the brain and its function from antiquity to the age of neuro-imaging.

Part of the illustrated Introducing series, providing unique resources and fascinating graphic guides for students and uninitiated lay readers. New edition.

Follows the historical development of logic, explains the symbols and methods involved and explores the philosophical issues surrounding the topic. This title takes you through the influence of logic on scientific method and the various sciences from physics to psychology.

Part of the illustrated Introducing series, providing unique resources and fascinating graphic guides for students and uninitiated lay readers. New edition.

What is psychology? When did it begin? Where did it come from? How does psychology compare with related subjects such as psychiatry and psychotherapy? To what extent is it scientific? This book aims to answer these questions and more, explaining the subject. It describes the schools of thought and the sections within psychology.

Quantum theory confronts us with bizarre paradoxes which contradict the logic of classical physics. This book takes us on a step-by-step tour with the key figures, including Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg and Schrodinger.

Part of the illustrated Introducing series, providing unique resources and fascinating graphic guides for students and uninitiated lay readers. New edition.

Part of the illustrated Introducing series, providing unique resources and fascinating graphic guides for students and uninitiated lay readers. New edition.

Modernism is usually understood as a radical aesthetic transformation, a shock wave of innovations in art, architecture, music and literature. This book explores the avantgardist work of Picasso, Joyce, Schoenberg and other modern masters, it assesses the cinema, but also delves deeper.

Addresses such questions as: What is the place of individual choice and consequence in a post-Holocaust world of continuing genocidal ethnic cleansing? Is identity now a last-ditch cultural defence of ethnic nationalisms and competing fundamentalisms? And how do we define rights , self-interest and civic duties?

Chaos is the most important advance in science since the advent of Quantum Theory in the early 1900s. It began with the discovery of randomness in supposedly predictable physical systems and has evolved into a new science that declares that the universe is far more unpredictable than we ever imagined.

Linguistics is the discipline which studies the structure and functions of both individual languages and the phenomena of language itself. This book brings to the reader the most important concepts in the study of language, including some of the most recent, dramatic and fascinating advances in the field.

This 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. Drawing on the insights of evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology and more, this is an introduction to evolutionary psychology.

Cultural studies - indisputably the hottest subject on planet earth! But what exactly is it? Where does it come from? What is it for? It is a discipline that claims not to be a discipline, a critical approach to identify and race, literature and imperialism, peasants and capitalists, 'high' and 'low' culture.

'Introducing the Enlightenment' is the essential guide to the giants of the Enlightenment - Voltaire, Diderot, Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson, Immanuel Kant, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson.