A box set containing three enlightening, comic-book style Introducing Graphic Guides (Consciousness, Psychoanalysis and Psychology) to help unlock the greatest mystery of all time - ourselves.
Using comic-book style illustration combined with accessible but authoritative text, the Introducing Graphic Guide series is a uniquely brilliant way to get your head around some of humankind's most thrilling ideas.
What have zombies, Chinese Rooms, ghosts in machines and Schrodinger's cat go to do with consciousness? Modern science may have split the atom and solved the mystery of life, but it has yet to explain the source of conscious feelings. In Introducing Consciousness, David Papineau and Howard Selina provide a brilliant, comprehensive guide to the current state of consciousness studies
How do psychoanalysts conceptualize the mind? Why was Freud so interested in sex? Is psychoanalysis a science? How does analysis work? In answering these questions, Introducing Psychoanalysis offers new insights into the nature of psychoanalytic theory and original ways of describing therapeutic practice. The theory comes alive through Oscar Zarate's insightful and daring illustrations, enlightening the text.
What is psychology? When did it begin? Where did it come from? How does psychology compare with psychiatry and psychotherapy? Is it scientific? In Introducing Psychology, Nigel Benson skilfully explains the main schools of thought and the sections within psychology, including Introspection, Bio-psychology, Psychoanalysis, Behaviourism, Comparative (Animal) Psychology, Cognitive Approaches, Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology and Humanism. It is a fascinating guide to the whole subject of psychology an ideal introduction for anyone interested in why we do what we do and think what we think.