Richard Osborne

Ideal for students, beginners and practitioners alike, 'Art Theory for Beginners' delivers a complete survey of all of the aesthetic, historical and practical questions that surround the idea of art.

Written in a highly entertaining detective style, the witty illustrations make this a thoroughly modern introduction to a classic thinker.

Do you know your animus from your anomie? Puzzled by all that jargon at university? Now there's no need to be.'Richard Osborne has done something very special here. He takes us on an exciting journey into the knowledge required to exist, survive, thrive, in the new millennium, in an interconnected global space that includes cyberpunk and cyborg, chaos theory and conspiracy theories, the postcolonial and the diaspora, hybridity and whiteness, the postmodern and the post-feminist, the digital and the Net, as much as older yet still influential terms like Enlightenment, empiricism, positivism, aesthetics, agency, nationhood, citizenship. Osborne writes with wit, wisdom, and insight, always wary of any approach becoming an orthodoxy. He shows how particular concepts arise at particular times with particular authors and intellectual personalities. The entries proceed by illuminating examples, engaging anecdotes, subtle cross-referencing, wide historical contexts.'John Docker, author of Postmodernism and Popular Culture: A Cultural HistoryWritten by the author of the international bestseller Philosophy for Beginners, Megawords provides definitions for the key terms every student in the humanities and social sciences needs to know.

"Filosofihistorie for begyndere" fortæller i tegneserieform om den vestlige filosofis historie, bl.a. i antikkens, middelalderens, rennæssancens, oplysningens og eksistentialismens tidsalder, med udgangspunkt i de enkelte tænkere.

From the Creator and Coauthor of the Popular 101 Questions Children Ask about... Series--A Practical Guide on How to Build a Strong, Tangible Spiritual Foundation in Your Children's LivesMany of today's parents remember their own childhood experiences with God and religion as abstract and confusing, leaving them with more questions than answers. It is with this in mind that Rick Osborne has created Talking to Your Children about God, an indispensible guide for parents who want to be prepared for those "hard-to-answer" questions about God. Full of helpful tips and suggestions, this book provides answers that will satisfy the inquisitive and persistent nature of kids when they pose such difficult questions as: Why can't I see God? What's so important about the Bible? Why do we go to church? What should I say when I pray? Does God watch everything I do? What is heaven like? What are angels? I highly recommend Rick's resources to every parent. He] is one of God's gifts to parents."--Josh McDowell, acclaimed Christian author and speaker.