文档介绍:Global Catastrophes: A Very Short Introduction
Very Short Introductions are for anyone wanting a stimulating
and accessible way in to a new subject. They are written by experts, and have
been published in more than 25 languages worldwide.
The series began in 1995, and now represents a wide variety of topics
in history, philosophy, religion, science, and the humanities. Over the next
few years it will grow to a library of around 200 volumes – a Very Short
Introduction to everything from ancient Egypt and Indian philosophy to
conceptual art and cosmology.
Very Short Introductions available now:
ANARCHISM Colin Ward CHRISTIAN ART Beth Williamson
ANCIENT EGYPT Ian Shaw CHRISTIANITY Linda Woodhead
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY CLASSICS Mary Beard and
Julia Annas John Henderson
ANCIENT WARFARE CLAUSEWITZ Michael Howard
Harry Sidebottom THE COLD WAR Robert McMahon
THE ANGLO-SAXON AGE CONSCIOUSNESS Susan Blackmore
John Blair Continental Philosophy
ANIMAL RIGHTS David DeGrazia Simon Critchley
ARCHAEOLOGY Paul Bahn COSMOLOGY Peter Coles
ARCHITECTURE THE CRUSADES
Andrew Ballantyne Christopher Tyerman
ARISTOTLE Jonathan Barnes CRYPTOGRAPHY
ART HISTORY Dana Arnold Fred Piper and Sean Murphy
ART THEORY Cynthia Freeland DADA AND SURREALISM
THE HISTORY OF David Hopkins
ASTRONOMY Michael Hoskin Darwin Jonathan Howard
Atheism Julian Baggini THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
Augustine Henry Chadwick Timothy Lim
BARTHES Jonathan Culler Democracy Bernard Crick
THE BIBLE John Riches DESCARTES Tom Sorell
THE BRAIN Michael O’Shea DESIGN John Heskett
BRITISH POLITICS DINOSAURS David Norman
Anthony Wright DREAMING J. Allan Hobson
Buddha Michael Carrithers DRUGS Leslie Iversen
BUDDHISM Damien Keown THE EARTH Martin Redfern
BUDDHIST ETHICS Damien Keown EGYPTIAN MYTH Geraldine Pinch
CAPITALISM James Fulcher EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY
THE CELTS Barry Cunliffe BRITAIN Paul Langford
CHOICE THEORY THE ELEMENTS Philip Ball
Michael Allingham EMOTION Dylan Evans
EMPIRE Stephen H