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.
Democracy, Dialectics, and Difference: Hegel, Marx, and 21st Century Social Movements
1st Edition
By Brian C. Lovato
November 28, 2017
It has been nearly two centuries since Marx famously turned Hegel on his head in order to repurpose dialectics as a revolutionary way of thinking about the internal contradictions of our social relations. Despite critiques from post-structuralists, post-colonialists, and others, there has been a ...
The Politics of Economic Life
1st Edition
By Martin Beckstein
October 13, 2017
In recent years, economic life has become increasingly politicized: now, every company has a ‘philosophy’, promising its customers some ethical surplus in return for buying their products; consumers shop for change; workers engage in individualized forms of employee activism such as whistleblowing;...
Epistemic Liberalism: A Defence
1st Edition
By Adam James Tebble
June 07, 2017
In the wake of what has come to be called the ‘cultural turn’, it is often asked how the state should respond to the different and sometimes conflicting justice claims made by its citizens and what, ultimately, is the purpose of justice in culturally diverse societies. Building upon the work of a ...
Political Philosophy, Empathy and Political Justice
1st Edition
By Matt Edge
April 13, 2017
In this work, Matt Edge offers an innovative approach to political philosophy. He invites the reader to consider the question of political justice from an empathic perspective - if you were asked to construct a theory of justice acceptable to members of a community you were not yourself a part of, ...
Deep Cosmopolis: Rethinking World Politics and Globalisation
1st Edition
By Adam K. Webb
March 31, 2017
Too often, observers of globalization take for granted that the common ground across cultures is a thin layer of consumerism and perhaps human rights. If so, then anything deeper and more traditional would be placebound, and probably destined for the dustbin of history. But must this be so? Must we...
Scientific Statesmanship, Governance and the History of Political Philosophy
1st Edition
Edited
By Kyriakos N. Demetriou, Antis Loizides
March 14, 2017
Over the centuries, the question of "good" or "effective" governance has undergone several transformations and ramifications to fit within certain social, cultural and historical contexts. What defines political knowledge? What is the measure of expert political leadership? Various interpretations,...
Michael A. Weinstein: Action, Contemplation, Vitalism
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert L. Oprisko, Diane Rubenstein
November 18, 2016
This book is a major reassessment of Michael Weinstein’s political philosophy. It situates his singular contribution, designated as "critical vitalism," in the context of both canonical American and contemporary continental theory. Weinstein is presented as a philosopher of life and as an American ...
Political Pluralism and the State: Beyond Sovereignty
1st Edition
By Marcel Wissenburg
July 15, 2016
The concept of a sovereign nation-state is a central part in many of the debates discussing the salient issues in political science today. Yet the debate on the state is fragmented and while the sub-disciplines within political science address the various possible consequences of different ...
The Political Philosophy of Judith Butler
1st Edition
By Birgit Schippers
May 31, 2016
Judith Butler can justifiably be described as one of the major critical thinkers of our time. While she is best-known for her interventions into feminist debates on gender, sexuality and feminist politics, her focus in recent years has broadened to encompass some of the most pertinent topics of ...
Civil Society and Democratic Theory: Alternative Voices
1st Edition
By Gideon Baker
April 27, 2016
This book introduces radically alternative models of civil society that have been developed outside the liberal democratic frame of reference, models which suggest that civil society does offer new and non-statist democratic possibilities. Drawing on a wide range of civil society theory-practice ...
Hegel and the Metaphysical Frontiers of Political Theory
1st Edition
By Eric Goodfield
April 27, 2016
For over one hundred and fifty years G.W.F. Hegel’s ghost has haunted theoretical understanding and practice. His opponents first, and later his defenders, have equally defined their programs against and with his. In this way Hegel’s political thought has both situated and displaced modern ...
Time, Memory, and the Politics of Contingency
1st Edition
By Smita A. Rahman
April 21, 2016
In recent years, there has been an increased attention to temporality in political theory, and such attention is sorely needed. For too long political theory, with the exception of occasional phenomenological forays, has remained grounded in a particular experience of time as linear and sequential....