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Locke. A Very Short Introduction
John Dunn
Oxford University Press
ISBN : 0192803948
John Locke (1632-1704) one of the greatest English philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, argued in his masterpiece, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding , that our knowledge is founded in experience and reaches us principally through our senses; but its message has been curiously misunderstood.
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Literary Theory. A Very Short Introduction
Culler, Jonathan
Oxford University Press
ISBN : 019285383X
What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is literature, and does it matter? These questions and more are addressed in Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction , a book which steers a clear path through a subject which is often perceived to be complex and impenetrable.
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Music. A Very Short Introduction
Cook, Nicholas
Oxford University Press
ISBN : 0192853821
What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? In Music: A Very Short plays Introduction, Nicholas Cook invites us to really think about music and the role it plays in our lives and our ears. Drawing on a number of accessible examples, the author prompts us to call on our own musical experiences in order to think more critically about the roles of the performeres and the listener, about music as a commodity and an experience, what it means to understand...
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The Koran. A Very Short Introduction
Michael Cook
Oxford University Press
ISBN : 0192853449
The Koran has constituted a remarkably resilient core of identity and continuity for a religious tradition that is now in its fifteenth century. In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Cook provides a lucid and direct account of the significance of the Koran both in the modern world and in that of traditional Islam.
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