Body: A Very Short Introduction, Shilling Chris

Автор: Glendinning, Simon
Название: Derrida: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 019280345X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780192803450
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Описание: Simon Glendinning explores Jacque Derrida`s work, from his engagement with the history of metaphysics to his views on law and justice and ethics and politics. Confronting and refuting claims that Derrida was an irresponsible `postmodernist` or `nihilist` he instead reveals Derrida`s significant contributions to philosophy.

Автор: Krebs John
Название: Food: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0199661081 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199661084
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Описание: Drawing on a mixture of science and history, Professor Lord John Krebs looks at the development of food and the four great transitions that affected the way we eat. From issues such as the obesity crisis and sustainable agriculture to food scares and the role of new technologies, Krebs provides a fascinating exploration of the history of human food.

Автор: Close, Frank
Название: Nothing: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0199225869 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199225866
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Описание: What is `nothing`? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and history of the elusive void: from Aristotle`s theories to black holes and quantum particles, and why the latest discoveries about the vacuum tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos.

Автор: Reader Ian
Название: Pilgrimage: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0198718225 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198718222
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Описание: Pilgrimage is found in most religious cultures, from Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and India, to France, Spain, and Japan. In this Very Short Introduction Ian Reader explores the key themes of pilgrimage throughout the ages, considering its various forms and its identity as a `spiritual tourism` industry, to explain why it has remained so popular.

Автор: Bynum
Название: The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 019921543X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199215430
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Описание: This Very Short Introduction explores the history of Western medicine, examining the key turning points, discoveries, and controversies in its rich history from classical times to the present.

Автор: Segal
Название: Myth: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0192803476 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780192803474
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Описание: Deals with the approaches to myth, from almost all the major disciplines, including science, religion, philosophy, literature, and psychology. Presenting a survey of the theorizing on myth, this book takes into account the work of prominent thinkers, such as Albert Camus, Claude Levi-Strauss, Roland Barthes, C G Jung, and Sigmund Freud.

Автор: Arnold, Rebecca
Название: Fashion: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0199547904 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199547906
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Описание: Fashion is a global industry, and plays a role in our economic, political, cultural, and social lives. However, fashion is often denigrated as trivial and superficial, a sign of vanity and narcissism. This Very Short Introduction will give a clear understanding of how fashion has developed while addressing these divergent views.

Автор: Charlesworth, Brian (Institute of Cell, Animal and
Название: Evolution: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0192802518 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780192802514
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Описание: Talks about the role of evolutionary biology in transforming our view of human origins and relation to the universe, and the impact of this idea on traditional philosophy and religion. This book aims to introduce some of the important findings, concepts, and procedures of evolutionary biology.

Автор: Floridi Luciano
Название: Information: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0199551375 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199551378
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Описание: Luciano Floridi unpacks this fundamental concept - what information is, how it is measured, its value and meaning - cutting across the sciences and humanities, from DNA to the Internet, and the ethical issues related to privacy, copyright, and accessibility.

Автор: Bevis, Matthew
Название: Comedy: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0199601712 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199601714
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Описание: With a broad scope across the millennia, from high literature to popular culture, between page and stage and screen, this Very Short Introduction considers comedy not only as a literary genre, but also as a broader impulse at work in many other historical and contemporary forms of satire, parody, and play.

Автор: Berridge Virginia
Название: Public Health: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 019968846X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199688463
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Описание: This Very Short Introduction outlines the nature of public health in our world today and places public health in its historical context from the earliest times, analysing in particular the changes in public health regulation through the nineteenth century and the twentieth and twenty first centuries.

Автор: Labanyi Jo
Название: Spanish Literature: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0199208050 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199208050
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Описание: This Very Short Introduction introduces the ways in which Spanish literature has been read, in and outside Spain, explaining misconceptions, outlining the insights of recent scholarship, and suggesting new readings. It explores the relationship between Spanish literature and modernity and issues of gender and sexuality.