Globalization' has become one of the defining buzzwords of our time - a term that describes a variety of accelerating economic, political, cultural, ideological, and environmental processes that are r...
Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, developed a totally new way of looking at human nature. Only now, with the hindsight of the half-century since his death, can we assess his true legacy to...
Hegel is regarded as one of the most influential figures on modern political and intellectual development. After painting Hegel's life and times in broad strokes, Peter Singer goes on to tackle some o...
Feminism: A Very Short Introduction provides an historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots as well as key issues including voting rights, the liberation of the sixties, and its relev...
Since its inception, psychoanalysis has been hailed as a revolutionary theory of how the mind works, whilst some of its ideas such as the Oedipus complex have become part of everyday conversation. In ...
Film music is as old as cinema itself. Years before synchronized sound became the norm, projected moving images were shown to musical accompaniment, whether performed by a lone piano player or a hundr...
The avant-garde movements of Dada and Surrealism continue to have a huge influence on cultural practice, especially in contemporary art, with its obsession with sexuality, fetishism, and shock tactics...
Packed full of lively debate and funny anecdotes, this book covers topics that students will recognize from their marketing course, such as key thinkers and concepts, and some that they won't. It look...
'Indispensable and subversive' - Simon Caulkin, The Observer This is the book which management students have been waiting for. Written in an accessible style, it enters into lively discussion of class...
From his infamous libertine novels to his championing of atheism, the Marquis de Sade's writing remains as powerful and shocking today as when it was first published. This Very Short Introduction dise...
Explains one of the most publicized, but little understood, modern conflicts Chapters are arranged by successive decades - to highlight the complex nature of the conflict over time Gets to the heart o...