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 Political Thought of Andre Gorz
1st Edition
By Adrian Little
May 03, 2013
Andre Gorz is one of the most important contemporary socialist thinkers. He has acquired a reputation as an iconoclastic theorist who poses radical questions about the future of the Left. This is the first full length assessment of his work which critically evaluates all of his writings from the ...
Perspectives on Gramsci: Politics, culture and social theory
1st Edition
Edited
By Joseph Francese
April 09, 2013
Antonio Gramsci is widely known today for his profound impact on social and political thought, critical theory and literary methodology. This volume brings together twelve eminent scholars from humanities and social sciences to demonstrate the importance and relevance of Gramsci to their respective...
Deconstructing Habermas
1st Edition
By Lasse Thomassen
March 21, 2013
This book is the first book-length deconstructive study of the political philosophy of Jürgen Habermas. Inspired by the work of Jacques Derrida, the book applies deconstruction to key issues in Habermas’s work: rational discourse and rational consensus, constitutional democracy, tolerance and civil...
Socialism and Religion: Roads to Common Wealth
1st Edition
By Vincent Geoghegan
March 15, 2013
In the past decade philosophers and political theorists have increasingly pondered the role of religion in a modern secular society, and of the possible value of religion as a resource for contemporary thinking. The global resurgence of a new religious politics – graphically symbolised by 9/11 - ...
Alienation and the Carnivalization of Society
1st Edition
Edited
By Jerome Braun, Lauren Langman
February 27, 2013
This book examines alienation from both a sociological and psychoanalytic perspective, revisiting classic treatments of the topic (Marx, Simmel, Weber) and exploring its relevance to understanding post-modern consumer society. It examines the escapist potentials for good and for ill in modern ...
Gambling, Freedom and Democracy
1st Edition
By Peter J. Adams
November 28, 2012
As a consequence of the rapid proliferation of commercial gambling in Western-style democracies, governments and communities are encountering a complex array of economic, social and cultural harms associated with this expansion. This book focuses specifically on harms to democratic systems. It ...
The Mythological State and its Empire
1st Edition
By David Grant
October 10, 2012
We see the modern State as the most rational form of governing yet devised, and one which properly recognises our inherent individual rights. However, as the histories of colonialism and imprisonment reveal, it is also an intruder into the lives of generally unwilling individuals, constraining ...
The Structure of Social Theory
1st Edition
By Anthony King
September 10, 2012
Drawing on the work of Gadamer, the book demonstrates that a sociology which focuses on social relations does not imply a return to idealism, nor a retreat into individualism, nor a rejection of critique. Rather, a hermeneutic sociology which prioritises human social relations is the only coherent ...
Governmentality: Current Issues and Future Challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Ulrich Bröckling, Susanne Krasmann, Thomas Lemke
September 05, 2012
Examining questions of statehood, biopolitics, sovereignty, neoliberal reason and the economy, Governmentality explores the advantages and limitations of adopting Michel Foucault's concept of governmentality as an analytical framework. Contributors highlight the differences as well as possible ...
Edward Said and the Literary, Social, and Political World
1st Edition
Edited
By Ranjan Ghosh
July 27, 2012
Edward Said is widely recognized for his work as a critic and theorist of Orientalism and the Palestine crisis, but far less attention has been devoted to his considerable body of literary and cultural criticism. In this edited collection, the contributors - many among the foremost Said scholars in...
Enlightenment Political Thought and Non-Western Societies: Sultans and Savages
1st Edition
By Frederick G. Whelan
July 27, 2012
Frederick G. Whelan, a leading scholar of Enlightenment political thought, provides an illuminating and incisive interpretation of key eighteenth and nineteenth century European political thinkers' accounts and assessments of the societies and political institutes of the non-Western world. These ...
The Contemporary Goffman
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Hviid Jacobsen
July 27, 2012
The sociology of Erving Goffman has inspired generations of sociologists throughout the world. Students and scholars alike have in Goffman’s unsurpassable and generous ability to capture the world of everyday life discovered an emporium of useful, incisive and quite often humorous analyses, ...