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The Introducing series is famous the world over for its ingenious
use of text and graphics to explain big thinkers and ideas. “A
perfect match of form and content” say the Times Educational
Supplement. See for yourself. |
Bite-sized despatches from the cutting edge of thought, Postmodern
Encounters are small books on big ideas. What does Nietzsche
mean to Postmodernism? Where does Chomsky fit into the Globalisation
debate? Why does Ecology herald the end of Postmodernity? |
Icon publish many stand-alone titles outside our range of series.
Read here about our indispensable guide to the single European currency
and why people hate America. Watch this space for more headline-grabbing
new titles.
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How do you invoke authority on a topic today? Using the language
of science is simply commonsense. But it wasn’t always so.
From it’s birth with the ancient Greeks to the vitriolic feud
over evolutionary psychology, science is littered with fascinating
stories of discovery, perseverance, happy accidents and sheer luck.
What does drive scientific progress?
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Sigmund Freud, who died over 60 years ago, was among the very greatest
thinkers of the modern age. His legacy, psychoanalysis, has become
a common part of our wider culture. But what do terms like Oedipus
Complex, Narcissism, The Superego or Guilt really mean? |
