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.
Sustainability and Security within Liberal Societies: Learning to Live with the Future
1st Edition
Edited
By Stephen Gough, Andrew Stables
May 06, 2011
Much of the world will be living in broadly "liberal" societies for the foreseeable future. Sustainability and security, however defined, must therefore be considered in the context of such societies, yet there is very little significant literature that does so. Indeed, much ecologically-oriented ...
Social Theory in Contemporary Asia
1st Edition
By Ann Brooks
March 14, 2011
Philosophical debates around individualization and the implications for intimacy, reflexivity and identity have occupied a central part of social and cultural theorizing in the West in the last decade. In fact, late modernity has become conspicuously engaged with issues of intimacy, reflexivity and...
Pareto and Political Theory
1st Edition
By Joseph V. Femia
March 11, 2011
Pareto and Political Theory is the first book-length study of the philosopher’s importance in terms of the most fundamental issues of political discourse: individualism vs. holism, science vs. hermeneutics, laissez-faire vs. social engineering, and value relativism vs. moral absolutism. Joseph V....
German Political Philosophy: The Metaphysics of Law
1st Edition
By Chris Thornhill
December 13, 2010
This book combines philosophical, intellectual-historical and political-theoretical methodologies to provide a new synoptic reading of the history of German political philosophy. Incorporating chapters on the political ideas of Luther and Zwingli, on the politics of the early Enlightenment, on ...
Liberalism, Neoliberalism, Social Democracy: Thin Communitarian Perspectives on Political Philosophy and Education
1st Edition
By Mark Olssen
March 18, 2010
The Credit Crunch of 2008 has exposed the fallacies of neoliberalism and its thesis of the self-regulating market, which has been ascendant in both economic theory and policy over the last 30 years. In moving beyond neoliberalism, social democratic arguments are once again coming to the fore; ...
Young Citizens and New Media: Learning for Democratic Participation
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter Dahlgren
March 18, 2010
This book integrates four distinct topics: young people, citizenship, new media, and learning processes. When taken together, these four topics merge to define an arena of social and research attention that has become compelling in recent years. The general international concern expressed of ...
Marxism & Scientific Socialism: From Engels to Althusser
1st Edition
By Paul Thomas
October 28, 2009
Engels declared at Marx’s funeral in Highgate Cemetery that "just as Darwin discovered the law of development of organic nature, so Marx discovered the law of development of human history". Scientific socialism was the term Engels used to describe Marx's socio-economic philosophy and many later ...
Habermas: Rescuing the Public Sphere
1st Edition
By Pauline Johnson
June 02, 2009
If we are to believe what many sociologists are telling us, the public sphere is in a near terminal state. Our ability to build solidarities with strangers and to agree on the general significance of needs and problems seems to be collapsing. These cultural potentials appear endangered by a newly ...
Reflexive Historical Sociology
1st Edition
By Arpad Szakolczai
April 29, 2009
This book reconstructs and brings together the work of a number of social and political theorists in order to gain new insight on the emergence and character of modern Western society. It examines the intersection point of social theory and historical sociology in a new theoretical approach called ...
The Social and Political Thought of George Orwell: A Reassessment
1st Edition
By Stephen Ingle
June 10, 2008
Stephen Ingle is Professor at the Politics Department, University of Stirling. His main academic interests are in the relationship between politics and literature and in adversarial (two party) politics, especially in the UK....
Social and Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi
1st Edition
By Bidyut Chakrabarty
October 06, 2005
During his campaign against racism in South Africa, and his involvement in the Congress-led nationalist struggle against British colonial rule in India, Mahatma Gandhi developed a new form of political struggle based on the idea of satyagraha, or non-violent protest. He ushered in a new era of ...
The Age of Chance: Gambling in Western Culture
1st Edition
By Gerda Reith
July 19, 2002
This fascinating and extensive study, enlivened by interviews with British and American gamblers, will be enthralling reading not just for those interested in the cultural and social implications of gambling - researchers in sociology, cultural studies and the history of ideas - but for anyone ...