Very Short Introductions is a series of books published by Oxford University Press.
List of books in the series # on spine Topic Author(s) UK print publication date Original publication Category 001 Classics Mary Beard, John Henderson 1995 Classical Studies 002 Music Nicholas Cook (2nd ed.) 1998 Music 003 Buddhism Damien Keown (2nd ed.) 1996 Religion 004 Literary Theory Jonathan Culler (2nd ed.) 1997 Literature/Philosophy 005 Hinduism Kim Knott (2nd ed.) 1998 Religion 006 Psychology Gillian Butler, Freda McManus (2nd ed.) 1998 Psychology 007 Islam Malise Ruthven (2nd ed.) 1997 Religion 008 Politics Kenneth Minogue 1995 Politics 009 Theology David F. Ford (2nd ed.) 1999 Religion 010 Archaeology Paul Bahn (illustrator: Bill Tidy) (2nd ed.) 1996 Archaeology 011 Judaism Norman Solomon (2nd ed.) (3rd ed.) 1996 Religion 012 Sociology Steve Bruce (2nd ed.) 1999 Sociology 013 The Koran Michael Cook Religion 014 The Bible John Riches (2nd ed.) Religion 015 Social and Cultural Anthropology John Monaghan, Peter Just Anthropology 016 History John Arnold History 017 Roman Britain Peter Salway (2nd ed.) Chapter from The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, 1984 History – U.K. 018 The Anglo-Saxon Age John Blair Chapter from The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, 1984 History – U.K. 019 Medieval Britain John Gillingham, Ralph A. Griffiths Chapters from The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, 1984 History – U.K. 020 The Tudors John Guy (2nd ed.) Chapter from The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, 1984 History – U.K. 021 Stuart Britain John Morrill Chapter from The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, 1984 History – U.K. 022 Eighteenth-Century Britain Paul Langford Chapter from The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, 1984 History – U.K. 023 Nineteenth-Century Britain Christopher Harvie, H. C. G. Matthew Chapters from The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, 1984 History – U.K. 024 Twentieth-Century Britain Kenneth O. Morgan Chapter from The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, 1984 History – U.K. 025 Heidegger Michael Inwood (2nd ed.) Past Masters series, 1997 Philosophy/Biography 026 Ancient philosophy Julia Annas (2nd ed.) Classical Studies/Philosophy 027 Socrates C. C. W. Taylor (2nd ed.) Past Masters series, 1998 Classical Studies/Philosophy/Biography 028 Marx Peter Singer (2nd ed.) Past Masters series, 1980 Philosophy/Politics/Biography 029 Logic Graham Priest (2nd ed.) Mathematics/Philosophy 030 Descartes Tom Sorell Past Masters series, 1987 Philosophy/Biography 031 Machiavelli Quentin Skinner (2nd ed.) Past Masters series, 1981 Politics/Literature/History/Biography 032 Aristotle Jonathan Barnes Past Masters series, 1982 Classical Studies/Philosophy/Biography 033 Hume A. J. Ayer Past Masters series, 1980 Philosophy/Biography James Anthony Harris Philosophy/Biography 034 Nietzsche Michael Tanner Past Masters series, 1987 Philosophy/Biography 035 Darwin Jonathan Howard Past Masters series, 1982 History of Science/Biological Sciences/Biography 036 The European Union John Pinder, Simon Usherwood (2nd ed.) (3rd ed.) (4th ed.) Politics 037 Gandhi Bhikhu Parekh Past Masters series, 1997 History/Politics/Biography 038 Augustine Henry Chadwick Past Masters series, 1986 Philosophy/Religion/Biography 039 Intelligence Ian J. Deary (2nd ed.) Psychology 040 Jung Anthony Stevens Past Masters series, 1994 Psychology/Popular Health/Biography 041 Buddha Michael Carrithers Past Masters series, 1983 Religion/Philosophy/Biography 042 Paul E. P. Sanders Past Masters series, 1991 Religion/Biography 043 Continental philosophy Simon Critchley Philosophy 044 Galileo Stillman Drake Past Masters series, 1980 History of Science/Physics/Biography 045 Freud Anthony Storr Past Masters series, 1989 Psychology/Popular Health/Biography 046 Wittgenstein A. C. Grayling Past Masters series, 1988 Philosophy/Linguistics/Biography 047 Indian philosophy Sue Hamilton Non-VSI, 2000 Philosophy/Religion 048 Rousseau Robert Wokler Past Masters series, 1995 Philosophy/Politics/Biography 049 Hegel Peter Singer Past Masters series, 1983 Philosophy/Biography 050 Kant Roger Scruton Past Masters series, 1982 Philosophy/Politics/Biography 051 Cosmology Peter Coles Physics 052 Drugs Leslie Iversen (2nd ed.) Medicine - Clinical/Pharmacology 053 Russian literature Catriona Kelly Literature 054 The French Revolution William Doyle (2nd ed.) History 055 Philosophy Edward Craig (2nd ed.) Non-VSI, 2002 Philosophy 056 Barthes Jonathan Culler Modern Masters series, Fontana Press, 1983 Literature/Biography 057 Animal rights David DeGrazia Philosophy 058 Kierkegaard Patrick Gardiner Past Masters series, 1988 Philosophy/Biography 059 Russell A. C. Grayling Past Masters series, 1996 Philosophy/Biography 060 ShakespeareGreer, Shakespeare: . Wells, William Shakespeare: . Germaine Greer Past Masters series, 1986 Literature/Biography William Shakespeare Stanley Wells Literature/Biography 061 Clausewitz Michael Howard Past Masters series, 1983 History/Politics/Biography 062 Schopenhauer Christopher Janaway Past Masters series, 1994 Philosophy/Biography 063 The Russian Revolution S. A. Smith History 064 Hobbes Richard Tuck Past Masters series, 1989 Philosophy/Politics/Biography 065 World music Philip V. Bohlman (2nd ed.) Music 066 Mathematics Timothy Gowers Philosophy/Mathematics 067 Philosophy of science Samir Okasha (2nd ed.) Philosophy/History of Science 068 Cryptography Fred Piper, Sean Murphy (2nd ed.) Computing/Mathematics 069 Quantum Theory John Polkinghorne Chemistry/Physics 070 Spinoza Roger Scruton Past Masters series, 1986 Philosophy/Biography 071 Choice Theory Michael Allingham Economics 072 Architecture Andrew Ballantyne Architecture 073 Poststructuralism Catherine Belsey (2nd ed.) Philosophy 074 Postmodernism Christopher Butler Philosophy 075 Democracy Bernard Crick Politics/History 076 Empire Stephen Howe History 077 Fascism Kevin Passmore (2nd ed.) History/Politics 078 Terrorism Charles Townshend (2nd ed.) (3rd ed.) Sociology/Terrorism and National Security Law/ Warfare and Defense 079 Plato Julia Annas Classical Studies/Philosophy/Biography 080 Ethics Simon Blackburn (2nd ed.) Being Good: An Introduction to Ethics, 2001 rev. 2003 Philosophy 081 Emotion Dylan Evans (2nd ed.) Emotion: The Science of Sentiment, 2001 Anthropology/Psychology 082 Northern Ireland Marc Mulholland (2nd ed.) The Longest War: Northern Ireland's Troubled History, 2002 History/Human Geography 083 Art Theory Cynthia Freeland But Is It Art?: An Introduction to Art Theory, 2001 Art 084 Locke John Dunn Past Masters series, 1984 Philosophy/Biography 085 Modern Ireland Senia Paseta Human Geography 086 Globalization Manfred Steger (2nd ed.) (3rd ed.) (4th ed.) (5th ed.) Economics/Politics 087 The Cold War Robert J. McMahon (2nd ed.) History 088 The History of Astronomy Michael Hoskin History of Science/Physics 089 Schizophrenia Chris Frith, Eve C. Johnstone Psychology/Social Work 090 The Earth Martin Redfern Earth Sciences and Geography/Environment 091 Engels Terrell Carver Past Masters series, 1981 Politics 092 British Politics Tony Wright (2nd ed.) (3rd ed.) Politics – U.K. 093 Linguistics P. H. Matthews Linguistics 094 The Celts Barry Cunliffe History 095 Ideology Michael Freeden Politics 096 Prehistory Chris Gosden (2nd ed.) History/Archaeology/Art 097 Political philosophy David Miller Philosophy 098 Postcolonialism Robert J.C. Young (2nd ed.) Literature 099 Atheism Julian Baggini (2nd ed.) Religion/Philosophy 100 Evolution Brian Charlesworth, Deborah Charlesworth (2nd ed.) Biology/Anthropology 101 Molecules Philip Ball Stories of the Invisible: A Guided Tour of Molecules, 2001 Biology/Chemistry 102 Art history Dana Arnold (2nd ed.) Art/History 103 Presocratic Philosophy Catherine Osborne Philosophy/Classical Studies 104 The Elements Philip Ball The Ingredients: A Guided Tour of the Elements, 2002 Chemistry/History of Science 105 Dada and Surrealism David Hopkins Art 106 Egyptian Myth Geraldine Pinch Classical Studies 107 Christian art Beth Williamson Religion/Art 108 Capitalism James Fulcher (2nd ed.) Politics/Economics 109 Particle physics Frank Close (2nd ed.) Physics 110 Free will Thomas Pink Philosophy 111 Myth Robert A. Segal (2nd ed.) Religion 112 Ancient Egypt Ian Shaw (2nd ed.) History 113 Hieroglyphs Penelope Wilson Sacred Signs: Hieroglyphs in Ancient Egypt, 2003 Classical Studies 114 Medical ethics Tony Hope (2nd ed.) Philosophy/Medical Ethics 115 Kafka Ritchie Robertson Literature/Biography 116 AnarchismWard, Anarchism: . Prichard, Anarchism: . Colin Ward Politics Alex Prichard 117 Ancient warfare Harry Sidebottom Classical Studies 118 Climate change Mark Maslin (2nd ed.) (3rd ed.) (4th ed.) In the 3rd edition the title has changed from Global warming to Climate change Earth Sciences and Geography/Environment 119 Christianity Linda Woodhead (2nd ed.) Religion 120 Modern art David Cottington Art 121 Consciousness Susan Blackmore (2nd ed.) Philosophy/Psychology 122 Foucault Gary Gutting (2nd ed.) Philosophy/Biography 123 The Spanish Civil War Helen Graham History 124 The Marquis de Sade John Phillips Literature/Biography 125 Habermas Gordon Finlayson Philosophy/Sociology/Biography 126 Socialism Michael Newman (2nd ed.) Politics/Economics/History 127 Dreaming J. Allan Hobson Dreaming: An Introduction to the Science of Sleep, 2002 Psychology 128 Dinosaurs David Norman (2nd ed.) Biology/Earth Sciences/Geography 129 Renaissance Art Geraldine A. Johnson Art 130 Buddhist ethics Damien Keown (2nd ed.) Religion 131 Tragedy Adrian Poole Classical Studies 132 Sikhism Eleanor Nesbitt (2nd ed.) Religion 133 The History of Time Leofranc Holford-Strevens Science/History 134 Nationalism Steven Grosby Politics 135 The World Trade Organization Amrita Narlikar Economics/Politics 136 Design John Heskett Toothpicks and Logos: Design in Everyday Life, 2002 Art 137 The Vikings Julian D. Richards History 138 Fossils Keith Thomson Biology/Earth Sciences/Geography 139 Journalism Ian Hargreaves (2nd ed.) Journalism: Truth or Dare?, 2003 Journalism/Media Studies 140 The Crusades Christopher Tyerman Fighting for Christendom: Holy War and the Crusades, 2004 History/Religion 141 Feminism Margaret Walters History/Philosophy/Sociology 142 Human evolution Bernard Wood (2nd ed.) Anthropology/Archaeology 143 The Dead Sea Scrolls Timothy Lim (2nd ed.) Religion 144 The Brain Michael O'Shea Biology/Neuroscience - Clinical/Neurology/Psychology 145 Geophysical and Climate Hazards Bill McGuire (2nd ed.) (3rd ed.) A Guide to the End of the World: Everything You Never Wanted to Know, 2002.1st/2nd ed. title: Global Catastrophes Earth Sciences and Geography/Environment/Environmental Science 146 Contemporary art Julian Stallabrass (2nd ed.) Art Incorporated: The Story of Contemporary Art, 2004 Art 147 Philosophy of Law Raymond Wacks (2nd ed.) Philosophy/Law 148 The Renaissance Jerry Brotton The Renaissance Bazaar: From the Silk Road to Michelangelo, 2002 Art/History/Philosophy 149 Anglicanism Mark Chapman Religion 150 The Roman Empire Christopher Kelly Classical Studies 151 Photography Steven Edwards Art 152 Psychiatry Tom Burns (2nd ed.) Medicine - Psychiatry/Psychology/Social Work 153 Existentialism Thomas Flynn Philosophy 154 The First World War Michael Howard Non-VSI, 2002 History/Military 155 Fundamentalism Malise Ruthven Fundamentalism: The Search for Meaning, 2004 Religion 156 Economics Partha Dasgupta Economics 157 International Migration Khalid Koser (2nd ed.) Sociology 158 Newton Rob Iliffe History of Science/Physics/Biography 159 Chaos Lenny Smith Mathematics/Physics 160 African History John Parker, Richard Rathbone History 161 Racism Ali Rattansi (2nd ed.) Sociology 162 Kabbalah Joseph Dan Non-VSI, 2006 Religion 163 Human Rights Andrew Clapham (2nd ed.) Law - International/Human Rights and Immigration/Politics/Social Work 164 International Relations Paul Wilkinson Christian Reus-Smit (different author) Economics/Politics 165 The American Presidency Charles O. Jones (2n