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.
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....
Marxism and Human Nature
1st Edition
By Sean Sayers
May 15, 2007
Is there such a thing as human nature? Here Sean Sayers defends the controversial theory that human nature is in fact an historical phenomenon. He gives an ambitious and wide ranging defence of the Marxist and Hegelian historical approach and engages with a wide range of work at the heart of the ...
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 ...
Hayek and After: Hayekian Liberalism as a Research Programme
1st Edition
By Jeremy Shearmur
October 22, 1996
This book offers a distinctive treatment of Hayek's ideas, as a "research programme". It presents a detailed account of aspects of Hayek's intellectual development and of problems that arise within his work, and then offers some broad suggestions as to ways in which the programme initiated in his ...