Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
About the Book Series
This series explores core issues in political philosophy and social theory. Addressing theoretical subjects of both historical and contemporary relevance, the series has broad appeal across the social sciences. Contributions include new studies of major thinkers, key debates and critical concepts.
The Dialectics of Inquiry Across the Historical Social Sciences
1st Edition
By David Baronov
October 12, 2015
This book turns conventional global-historical analysis on its head, demonstrating, first, that local events cannot be derived — logically or historically — from large-scale, global-historical structures and processes and, second, that it is these structures and processes that, in fact, emerge from...
Conspicuous and Inconspicuous Discriminations in Everyday Life
1st Edition
By Victor N. Shaw
September 08, 2015
In everyday life, people negotiate on issues, entertain offers and counteroffers, and gain or lose in terms of economic capital, political power, communal status, and social influence. Although life goes on in the form of compromise, feelings of discrimination or misfortune haunt consciously or ...
Ignorance and Liberty
1st Edition
By Lorenzo Infantino
July 23, 2015
Those with a belief in open society base the demand for liberty on the recognition of human ignorance; we need to be free because we are ignorant and fallible. Free social cooperation permits us to mobilize our knowledge and develop methods of discovery through which we can explore the unknown and ...
Hemingway on Politics and Rebellion
1st Edition
Edited
By Lauretta Conklin Frederking
July 16, 2015
Hemingway has been labeled a ‘communist sympathizer,’ ‘elitist’, and a ‘rugged individualist.’ This volume embraces the complexity of political advocacy in Hemingway’s novels and short stories. Hemingway’s characters physically, intellectually and spiritually become part of resisting current ...
Conflicts in Social Science
1st Edition
Edited
By Anton Van Harskamp
June 08, 2015
Through detailed case studies, the contributors look at conflicts in social science arguing that they must be resolved at the level of the individual discipline rather than at the level of philosopy. They explore different ways in which social scientists deal with the tension of being ...
The Politics of Expertise
1st Edition
By Stephen P. Turner
June 08, 2015
This book collects case studies and theoretical papers on expertise, focusing on four major themes: legitimation, the aggregation of knowledge, the distribution of knowledge and the distribution of power. It focuses on the institutional means by which the distribution of knowledge and the ...
Understanding the Tacit
1st Edition
By Stephen P. Turner
June 08, 2015
This book outlines a new account of the tacit, meaning tacit knowledge, presuppositions, practices, traditions, and so forth. It includes essays on topics such as underdetermination and mutual understanding, and critical discussions of the major alternative approaches to the tacit, including ...
Comedy and the Public Sphere: The Rebirth of Theatre as Comedy and the Genealogy of the Modern Public Arena
1st Edition
By Arpad Szakolczai
May 21, 2015
The book aims at reframing the discussion on the "public sphere," usually understood as the place where the public opinion is formed, through rational discussion. The aim of this book is to give an account of this rationality, and its serious shortcomings, examining the role of the media and the ...
Culture, Class, and Critical Theory: Between Bourdieu and the Frankfurt School
1st Edition
By David Gartman
May 21, 2015
Culture, Class, and Critical Theory develops a theory of culture that explains how ideas create and legitimate class inequalities in modern society. This theory is developed through a critique and comparison of the powerful ideas on culture offered by Pierre Bourdieu and the Frankfurt School ...
Environmental Apocalypse in Science and Art: Designing Nightmares
1st Edition
By Sergio Fava
May 21, 2015
At a time when it is clear that climate change adaptation and mitigation are failing, this book examines how our assumptions about (valid and usable) knowledge are preventing effective climate action. Through a cross-disciplinary, empirically-based analysis of climate science and policy, the book ...
The Politics and Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott
1st Edition
By Stuart Isaacs
May 07, 2015
Michael Oakeshott was a leading Political theorist described by The Telegraph in 1990 as "the greatest political philosopher in the Anglo-Saxon tradition since Mill – or even Burke". There has been sustained interest in his work, and a developing body of literature, over recent years. This book ...
Freedom in Economics: New Perspectives in Normative Analysis
1st Edition
Edited
By Marc Fleurbaey, Nicolas Gravel, Jean-François Laslier, Alain Trannoy
February 05, 2015
This book presents a range of papers by philosophers and economists who consider the definition and value of liberty; freedom in rights and equality of opportunity. Until recently freedom has played no explicit role in the conceptual framework of economists, however freedom seems to be at the heart...