Routledge Innovators in Political Theory
About the Book Series
Routledge Innovators in Political Theory focuses on leading contemporary thinkers in political theory, highlighting the major innovations in their thought that have reshaped the field. Each volume collects both published and unpublished texts, and combines them with an interview with the thinker. The editorial introduction articulates the innovator’s key contributions in relation to political theory, and contextualises the writer’s work. Volumes in the series will be required reading for both students and scholars of 21st century politics.
James Tully: To Think and Act Differently
1st Edition
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By Alexander Livingston
January 29, 2024
James Tully’s scholarship has profoundly transformed the study of political thought by reconstructing the practice of political theory as a democratising and diversifying dialogue between scholars and citizens. Across his writings on topics ranging from the historical origins of property, ...
Iris Marion Young: Gender, Justice, and the Politics of Difference
1st Edition
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By Michaele Ferguson, Andrew Valls
May 31, 2023
Iris Marion Young (1949-2006) was one of the most influential and innovative political theorists of her generation who had a significant impact on a wide range of topics such as democratic theory, feminist theory, and justice. She bridged many longstanding divides among political theorists, ...
Hanna Fenichel Pitkin: Politics, Justice, Action
1st Edition
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By Dean Mathiowetz
June 10, 2016
Hanna Fenichel Pitkin has made key contributions to the field of political philosophy, pushing forward and clarifying the ways that political theorists think about action as the exercise of political freedom. In so doing, she has offered insightful studies of the problems of modern politics that ...
George Kateb: Dignity, Morality, Individuality
1st Edition
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By John Seery
November 10, 2014
George Kateb’s writings have been innovatory in exploring the fundamental quandary of how modern democracy—sovereignty vested in the many—might nevertheless protect, respect, promote, even celebrate the singular, albeit ordinary individual. His essays, often leading to unexpected results, have ...
Ernesto Laclau: Post-Marxism, Populism and Critique
1st Edition
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By David Howarth
September 24, 2014
Ernesto Laclau has blazed a unique trail in political theory and philosophy since the early 1970s. In so doing, he has articulated a range of philosophical and theoretical currents into a coherent alternative to mainstream models and practices of conducting social and political science. The editors...
Chantal Mouffe: Hegemony, Radical Democracy, and the Political
1st Edition
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By James Martin
July 01, 2013
Chantal Mouffe’s writings have been innovatory with respect to democratic theory, Marxism and feminism. Her work derives from, and has always been engaged with, contemporary political events and intellectual debates. This sense of conflict informs both the methodological and substantive ...
Michael J. Shapiro: Discourse, Culture, Violence
1st Edition
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By Terrell Carver, Samuel Chambers
June 13, 2012
Michael J. Shapiro’s writings have been innovatory with respect to the phenomena he has taken to be political, and the concomitant array of methods that he has brilliantly mastered. This book draws from his vast output of articles, chapters and books to provide a thematic yet integrated account of ...
Carole Pateman: Democracy, Feminism, Welfare
1st Edition
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By Terrell Carver, Samuel Chambers
September 22, 2011
Carole Pateman’s writings have been innovatory precisely for their qualities of engagement, pursued at the height of intellectual rigour. This book draws from her vast output of articles, chapters, books and speeches to provide a thematic yet integrated account of her innovations in political ...
William E. Connolly: Democracy, Pluralism and Political Theory
1st Edition
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By Samuel Chambers, Terrell Carver
January 31, 2008
William E. Connolly’s writings have pushed the leading edge of political theory, first in North America and then in Europe as well, for more than two decades now. This book draws on his numerous influential books and articles to provide a coherent and comprehensive overview of his ...