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Titles in This Set:
Introducing Hinduism: A Graphic Guide
Introducing Levi-Strauss and Structural Anthropology: A Graphic Guide
Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide
Introducing Keynes: A Graphic Guide
Introducing Machiavelli: A Graphic Guide
Introducing Melanie Klein: A Graphic Guide
Condition: New
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Icon Books
Age Range: Adult / General Readers
Overview:
This six-book bundle collects titles from Icon Books' celebrated Introducing... A Graphic Guide series, pairing accessible text with witty illustrations to unpack big ideas in religion, anthropology, mathematics, economics, political theory and psychoanalysis. Covering Hinduism, Claude Levi-Strauss, the concept of infinity, John Maynard Keynes, Niccolo Machiavelli and Melanie Klein, the set is ideal for students, book clubs and curious general readers who want confident, jargon-free introductions to landmark thinkers and subjects without wading through dense academic texts.
About the Books:
Introducing Hinduism offers a lucid tour of one of the world's oldest living faiths, exploring its gods, the caste system, sacred texts and the everyday rituals that shape belief across the Indian subcontinent. Introducing Levi-Strauss and Structural Anthropology traces the ideas of the pioneering French anthropologist, unpacking kinship, myth and the structuralist method that reshaped how scholars read culture. Introducing Infinity follows humanity's long fascination with the endless, from ancient paradoxes to Cantor's transfinite numbers, making a notoriously slippery mathematical concept genuinely graspable. Introducing Keynes distils the economic theory that transformed twentieth-century policy, explaining how government spending, demand and employment interact in language free of textbook jargon. Introducing Machiavelli returns to The Prince to explore realpolitik, power and the pragmatic statecraft that gave us the word 'Machiavellian'. Introducing Melanie Klein charts the pioneering child psychoanalyst's work on object relations, play therapy and the emotional roots of personality. Across all six volumes the format stays consistent: concise text runs alongside cartoon-style illustrations, breaking complex arguments into digestible visual chunks, rewarding browsing as much as cover-to-cover reading and building a compact reference shelf of essential thinkers.
Key Benefits:
About the Author:
This set brings together specialist writers and illustrators from across Icon Books' Introducing... series. Vinay Lal contributes Introducing Hinduism with illustrator Borin Van Loon; Boris Wiseman writes Introducing Levi-Strauss with illustrator Judy Groves; further volumes on infinity, Keynes, Machiavelli and Melanie Klein are written by subject specialists in mathematics, economics, political theory and psychoanalysis respectively, each paired with an illustrator to keep the graphic guide format consistent. All contributors are chosen for their ability to translate serious scholarship into clear, engaging, illustrated introductions for general readers.
Why You'll Love This Set:
Six subjects, six perspectives, one shelf: this set turns intimidating topics into approachable, illustrated reads you'll actually finish, and want to revisit.
Please Note: Please note the ISBN may vary slightly and the cover shown is the UK edition.
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