Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
About the Book Series
This series examines contemporary developments and controversies within political theory and features cutting edge interventions into current debates.
Vico and the Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights: Between Grotius and Kant
1st Edition
By Renate Holub
October 31, 2026
Renate Holub provides a critical introduction to the philosophical foundations of human rights as developed by the Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico [1668-1744]. She demonstrate the profoundly innovative principles he contributed to and his contemporary relevance for a global theory of justice....
Hegemony and Woke Strategy: A Study of Cultural Warfare
1st Edition
By Lars Erik L. Gjerde
October 02, 2026
Hegemony and Woke Strategy explores how wokeism functions as a distinct ideological force within the contemporary culture war, challenging liberal and socialist traditions through strategic uses of identity politics. Grounded in Gramscian theory and informed by poststructuralist and Marxist ...
Virtual Worlds, Real Politics: Ethical Competencies for the Next Digital Age
1st Edition
By Liza Ireni-Saban, Francesca Consolaro
July 08, 2026
While technological advancements dominate much of the conversation on virtual platforms and the political power that ensues, there remains a crucial gap in knowledge when addressing fundamental questions about the distribution of power, the formation of political communities, and the application of...
An Atypical Theory of Justice: Reimagining Human Nature, Rationality, and Justice in Light of Neurodivergence
1st Edition
By Palak Singh
May 25, 2026
What does justice mean for individuals whose cognition diverges from these implicit norms? Can a theory of fairness truly be universal if it fails to account for autism, ADHD, psychopathy, and other forms of neurodiversity?Palak Singh confronts these questions head-on by exposing the neurotypical ...
The World's Constitution: Spheres of Liberty in the Future Global Order
1st Edition
By Adam K. Webb
May 21, 2026
Global governance is tightening and foreshadows that world state formation will become a live political issue in this century. Some observers treat it as inevitable amid the urgency of global issues. They foresee a technocratic scaling up of the model of state authority that has prevailed at the ...
Freedom With Religions: Rethinking Civility through Political Inclusivism in Liberal Democracies
1st Edition
By Valentina Gentile
December 24, 2025
Freedom With Religions offers a new interpretation of Rawls’ political liberalism, aiming to reconcile this framework with the profound forms of religious pluralism that characterise contemporary democracies. Rather than aligning with either the traditional defenders or the radical critics of Rawls...
Ethical and Hermeneutical Reflections on War, Violence, and Responsibility: Listening to Ukrainian Voices
1st Edition
By Cynthia R. Nielsen
November 17, 2025
This book employs an interdisciplinary lens to help readers understand why Russia invaded Ukraine, as well as why and by what means it continues to wage war against the Ukrainian people, state, nation, culture, and the country’s environmental well-being. Through listening to, learning from, and ...
The Normative and the Political: Kelsen, Schmitt, Morgenthau, and the Future International Order
1st Edition
By Leon Sosnowski
October 08, 2025
In recent years, much has been written about the interaction between international law and the political. Yet, the field of International Relations has paid limited attention to how centering the interpretation of the ‘international’ on each of these favors radically different orders. With this ...
The General Will in the Modern Constitutional State
1st Edition
By Joseph R. Reisert
September 12, 2025
In The General Will in the Modern Constitutional State, Joseph R. Reisert challenges standard interpretations of Rousseau, according to which his political theory either has nothing to offer the present but a radical critique or commends an illiberal, plebiscitary democracy. Reisert argues that the...
Why We Shouldn’t Forgive: Sovereign Power Against Repair
1st Edition
By Paul Londrigan
August 15, 2025
Why We Shouldn’t Forgive invites you to understand how the practice of political forgiveness and sovereignty has changed, evolved, and developed over time. Political forgiveness is an awesome power that bears the promise of great benevolence, but this does not mean, as Paul Londrigan argues, that ...
Hegemony and the Politics of Labour: Towards a Discourse Theory of Value in Contemporary Capitalism
1st Edition
By Simon Tunderman
May 06, 2025
Hegemony and the Politics of Labour takes up a question that goes to the heart of the debate about politics, capitalism, and discourse: how can labour relations and value production be understood as discursive processes? When they launched their poststructuralist discourse theory almost 40 years ...
Political Narratosophy: From Theory of Narration to Politics of Imagination
1st Edition
By Senka Anastasova
December 18, 2024
Political Narratosophy offers a critically subversive rethinking of the political and philosophical significance of narrative, and why feminist epistemology and feminist social theory matters for the meaning of the ‘self’ and narrativity. Through a re-examination of the notions of democracy and ...