09.09.09.

Introducing events at Foyles Bookshop

Icon Books and Foyles have teamed up for a big ideas series of brilliant live events around Icon's Introducing series, on Big Ideas in Science, Philosophy, Politics - and much more besides. Imagine the BBC's Bang Goes the Theory, live - but with a little more talk and a few less explosions...

Chaired by Introducing author, journalist, TV presenter, commentator and general polymath Ziauddin Sardar, each event explores a particular big concept from the history of ideas.

For each of these talks in London Zia will be joined by a stellar range of guests including Darian Leader, Julian Baggini to Manjit Kumar and talk about each idea. All events take place at Foyles Bookstore on Charing Cross Road in Central London and all are entirely FREE - just book yourself a place by emailing events@foyles.co.uk. Leicester Square or Tottenham Court Road are the nearest tube stations.

The first event, with the author of the bestselling Quantum, Manjit Kumar, discussing relativity and science's biggest ideas of the twentieth century, happened on 15th September 2009 and was a great success. Places for the remaining events are going fast so get yours now!

All events start at 6.30pm

NEXT EVENT:

Introducing Ethics
22nd October 2009, Foyles, Charing Cross Road

Ethics and morality: are human beings selfish and greedy or generous and
kind?

A discussion about the differences between moral laws and society's laws, the rights
of the individuals against the rights of the state and whether our inner morality exists
to some higher code or is just created by society.

Chair: Ziauddin Sardar
Author , Anthony O’Hear, author of Introducing Christianity
Guest Speaker: Julian Baggini

More on Foyles bookshop and their other events can be found at Foyles website.

PREVIOUS EVENTS:

Introducing Foucault
7th October 2009, Foyles, Charing Cross Road

From Freud to Foucault: how have concepts of madness altered in the 20th and 21st centuries and what is the subsequent effect on the future of modern psychiatry? A discussion on the post-modern interpretations of psychiatry, Freud, Foucault and his anti-psychiatry movement and the issues of society, the individual, power, sexuality, madness and confinement.

Chair: Ziauddin Sardar
Author: Chris Horrocks, author of Introducing Foucault
Guest speaker: Darian Leader, author of The New Black

Introducing Capitalism
24th September 2009, Foyles, Charing Cross Road

Capitalism and credit crunch: can capitalism right its own wrongs?

A discussion on the history, philosophy and politics of one of the biggest, most successful
but most controversial ideas ever, and whether capitalism will ever recover from the credit
crunch of 2009.

Chair: Ziauddin Sardar
Author: Peter Pugh, author of Introducing Keynes
Guest speaker: Tetsuya Ishikawa, author of How I Caused the Credit Crunch

Introducing Relativity