The 'Introducing Series' and Philosophy
Introducing Eastern Philosophy (1992) Richard Osborne Introducing Baudrillard (1996) Chris Horrocks Introducing Nietzsche (1997) Richard Gane & Richard Appignanesi Introducing Lacan (2000) Darian Leader & Richard Appignanesi Introducing Existentialism Richard Appignanesi Between 1965 and 1975, there was a series called 'The Bluffers Guide to ...' This provided short light-hearted introductions designed to get the middle classes through their dinner parties. Today we have the far more serious Oxford 'Very Short Introductions to ..." which started in 1995. Inbetween came instant graphic guides to intellectuals and ideas - the 'Introducing ..." series published by Icon which was an expanded British version of an American series 'For Beginners' that went back to the 1970s. These dominated the instant knowledge market in the 1990s. The series included graphic accounts of significant modern philosophers and ideas. The original idea be...