Routledge Revivals
About the Book Series
Are there elusive titles that you need and have been trying to source for years but thought that you would never be able to find?
Well this may be the end of your quest – here is a fantastic opportunity for you to discover past brilliance and purchase previously out of print and unavailable titles by some of the world’s most eminent academic scholars.
Drawing from over 100 years of innovative, cutting-edge publishing, Routledge Revivals is an exciting programme whereby key titles from the distinguished and extensive backlist of the many acclaimed imprints associated with Routledge will be re-issued.
The programme draws upon the illustrious backlists of Kegan Paul, Trench & Trubner, Routledge & Kegan Paul, Methuen, Allen & Unwin and Routledge itself.
Routledge Revivals spans the whole of the Humanities and Social Sciences, and includes works by some of the world’s greatest thinkers including Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Simone Weil, Martin Buber, Karl Jaspers and Max Beloff.
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Theories of Modern Capitalism (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By Tom Bottomore
August 23, 2010
First published in 1985, Theories of Modern Capitalism provides a succinct study of Marxist and non-Marxist theories of Capitalism, its recent development, and the prospects of a transition to socialism. The study begins with a critical examination and comparison of four major theories of ...
Hermeneutics and Social Science (Routledge Revivals): Approaches to Understanding
1st Edition
By Zygmunt Bauman
August 13, 2010
Originally in 1978, this important work, by one of the leading European social theorists, is arguably the best introduction to the hermeneutic tradition as a whole. It is designed to help students of sociology and philosophy place the problems of "understanding social science" in their historical ...
Mourning Dress (Routledge Revivals): A Costume and Social History
1st Edition
By Lou Taylor
August 13, 2010
First published in 1983, Mourning Dress chronicles the development of European and American mourning dress and etiquette from the Middle Ages to the present day, highlighting similarities and differences in practices between the different social strata. The result is a book which is not only of ...
Radical Records (Routledge Revivals): Thirty Years of Lesbian and Gay History, 1957-1987
1st Edition
By Bob Cant, Susan Hemmings
June 10, 2010
The period between the publication in 1957 of the liberalising Wolfenden Report and the introduction in 1987 of the homophobic Section 28 was characterised by unprecedented optimism and political activism among lesbians and gay men in Britain. But the law and its shortcomings never determined their...
The Novels of Virginia Woolf (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By Hermione Lee
June 10, 2010
This book, first published in 1977, is not about Bloomsbury, lesbianism, madness or suicide, but is a much-needed introduction to Virginia Woolf’s nine novels, written in the hope of turning attention back from the life to the fictional work. Its clarity and insights will make this book invaluable ...
Sociology (Routledge Revivals): A guide to problems and literature
1st Edition
By Tom B. Bottomore
April 20, 2010
First published in 1962, this seminal work is an introduction to sociology in a world context, and a sophisticated guide to the major themes, problems and controversies in contemporary sociology. The book remains unique in its organisation and presentation of sociological ideas and problems, ...
Politics and Method (Routledge Revivals): Contrasting Studies in Industrial Geography
1st Edition
Edited
By Doreen Massey, Richard Meegan
February 11, 2010
This book, first published in 1985, explores the connections in academic research between theoretical positions, political perspectives and policy prescriptions. Five different groups of authors, who have written broadly in the fields of industrial and social geography, discuss this relationship ...
Man in the Modern Age (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By Karl Jaspers
December 18, 2009
First published in English in 1933, this detailled philosophical examination of the contemporary state and nature of mankind is a seminal work by influential German philsopher Karl Jaspers. Elucidating his theories on a variety of topics pertaining to contemporary and future ...
Prosperity and Public Spending (Routledge Revivals): Transformational growth and the role of government
1st Edition
By Edward Nell
December 18, 2009
In a dramatic and well-argued challenge to the prevailing wisdom, Prosperity and Public Spending, first published in 1988, contends that the failure of Keynesian economics has been due to its timidity. Far from contracting, the government must expand its powers and activities, in order to achieve ...
The True and the Evident (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By Franz Brentano
December 18, 2009
First published in English in1966, The True and The Evident is a translation of Franz Brentano’s posthumous Wahrheit und Evidenz, edited by Oscsar Kraus. The book includes Brentano’s influential lecture "On the Concept of Truth", read before the Vienna Philosophical Society, a variety of essays, ...
Contest of Faculties (Routledge Revivals): Philosophy and Theory after Deconstruction
1st Edition
By Christopher Norris
December 17, 2009
This Routledge Revival, first published in 1985, gives detailed attention to the bearing of literary theory on questions of truth, meaning and reference. On the one hand, deconstruction brings a vigilant awareness of the figural and narrative tropes that make up the discourse of philosophic reason....
Dialectical Phenomenolgy (Routledge Revivals): Marx's Method
1st Edition
By Roslyn Bologh
December 17, 2009
In this inquiry into Marx’s method of theorising, originally published in 1979, the author analyses theory in the same way that Marx analyses the production of capital, and provides a set of rules for reproducing Marx’s method. The rules are developed through an examination of the Grundrisse, ...