From chauvinism to chiliasm, from epicureanism to existentialism, and from nationalism to nominalism, we live in a wilderness of dogmas and doctrines, creeds and credos. But what do all these -isms mean?
Help is now at hand in the small but perfectly formed shape of 'Isms and Ologies'. If you want to lend a veneer of intellectual rigour to your small talk 'Isms and Ologies' could be just the book you are looking for.