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Art in History, 600 BC - 2000 AD: Ideas in Profile by Martin Kemp
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Category: Art History | Series: Ideas in Profile
Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big Topics Art has always been part of history. But we often think of it as outside history. When we look at a painting by Raphael, Rembrandt or Rubens it speaks to us directly, but it's also an historical document, part of a living world. Renowned art historian ...Show more
Conservatism by Roger Scruton
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Category: Social Thought | Series: Ideas in Profile
Roger Scruton looks at the central ideas of conservatism over the centuries. He examines conservative thinking on civil society, the rule of law and the role of the state on the one hand; and freedom (including freedom of expression and association), morality, equality, property and rights on the other. ...Show more
Feminism: Ideas in Profile by Deborah Cameron
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Category: Social Thought | Series: Ideas in Profile Ser.
'Feminism' wrote Marie Shear in 1986, 'is the radical notion that women are people'. But, simple and powerful though this definition is, feminism is not a single, clear narrative. It doesn't begin with a specific event at a particular moment in time, it can't be identified with any one political organiz ...Show more
Music by Andrew Gant
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Category: Physical Sciences | Series: Ideas in Profile
Ideas in Profile Series Is music a science or an art? It's both, as Andrew Gant reveals in this lively and accessible account of what music is and what it's for. Music has been central to life since the dawn of humankind and is intimately bound up with the origins of language. Andrew Gant introduces us ...Show more
Social Theory by William Outhwaite
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Category: Current Affairs | Series: Ideas in Profile
Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big Topics In a world that is constantly changing, understanding the world has never been more important. But by thinking in neat segments, we miss the big picture. When economists think about globalisation, they often see trade; politicians see institutions and ...Show more
The Ancient World: Ideas in Profile by Jerry Toner
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Category: History | Series: Ideas in Profile
Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big Topics This introduction to the ancient world, part of the Ideas in Profile series, covers all its different cultures, from the million people crammed into Rome to the Jews and Syrians who refused to be Romanised. Jerry Toner shows what can be learnt from ne ...Show more
Theories of Everything by Frank Close
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Category: Physical Sciences | Series: Ideas in Profile | Reading Level: General Adult
Truth by Simon Blackburn
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Category: Physical Sciences | Series: Ideas in Profile
Truth has always been a thorny topic. How does it work? Who decides what it is? And why is it seen as so important? In this lucid introduction to the topic, leading scholar Simon Blackburn describes the main approaches to the notion of truth and considers how these relate to different perspectives on be ...Show more
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