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.
Nationalism, Inequality and England’s Political Predicament
1st Edition
By Charles Leddy-Owen
March 31, 2021
Based on fine-grained ethnographic research in an English city, this book offers a highly original perspective on England’s contemporary political predicament. It argues that some of the most influential academic accounts of the country's current political situation, particularly those focusing on ...
Political Fraternity: Democracy beyond Freedom and Equality
1st Edition
By Angel Puyol
December 18, 2020
Fraternity is a feeling, and a moral virtue, but fraternity is also a political concept. The French Revolution proclaimed an ethical and political ideal with its three principles: liberty, equality and fraternity. Since then, western political philosophy has gone to great lengths to analyse the ...
The Social Life of Nothing: Silence, Invisibility and Emptiness in Tales of Lost Experience
1st Edition
By Susie Scott
December 18, 2020
Nothing really matters. All the things that we do not do, have or become in our lives can be important in shaping self-identity. From jobs turned down to great loves lost, secrets kept and truths untold, people missed and souls unborn, we understand ourselves through other, unlived lives that are ...
Work: Marxist and Systems-Theoretical Approaches
1st Edition
By Stefan Kühl
December 18, 2020
Using Marxist and systems theory as guides, this book offers an entry point to the current debate on the role of economy in modern society, the change in work organizations and the effect of the economy on the individual. It explores the concepts of ‘work society’, ‘industrial society’ and ‘...
Politics through the Iliad and the Odyssey: Hobbes writes Homer
1st Edition
By Andrea Catanzaro
September 30, 2020
Facing censorship and being confined to the fringes of the political debate of his time, Thomas Hobbes turned his attention to translating Homer’s Iliad and the Odyssey from Greek into English. Many have not considered enough the usefulness of these translations. In this book, Andrea Catanzaro ...
Rethinking Liberalism for the 21st Century: The Skeptical Radicalism of Judith Shklar
1st Edition
By Giunia Gatta
August 14, 2020
Rethinking Liberalism for the 21st Century offers an indispensable reexamination of the life, work, and interventions of a prominent liberal political theorist of the 20th century: Judith Shklar.Drawing on published and unpublished sources including Shklar’s correspondence, lecture notes, and other...
Common Sense as a Paradigm of Thought: An Analysis of Social Interaction
1st Edition
By Tim Delaney
June 30, 2020
The notion of common sense and abiding by its implications is something that, seemingly, everyone agrees is a good way of making behavioral decisions and conducting one's daily activities. This holds true whether one is a liberal, moderate, or conservative; young or old; and regardless of one's ...
Democracy, Dialogue, Memory: Expression and Affect Beyond Consensus
1st Edition
Edited
By Idit Alphandary, Leszek Koczanowicz
June 30, 2020
Arguing that the politics of democracy is inseparable from a notion of dialogue that emerges from conflicting and often traumatic memories, Democracy, Dialogue, Memory examines the importance of dialogue for the achievement of understanding in civil society rather than consensus, so that democratic...
Globalized Knowledge Flows and Chinese Social Theory
1st Edition
By Xiaoying Qi
June 30, 2020
This book considers the nature and possibilities of conceptual change and transformation under conditions of globalization, especially with regard to Chinese social and cultural concepts. It argues that the influence of globalization promotes the spread of West European and American social science ...
How Groups Matter: Challenges of Toleration in Pluralistic Societies
1st Edition
Edited
By Gideon Calder, Magali Bessone, Federico Zuolo
June 30, 2020
When groups feature in political philosophy, it is usually in one of three contexts: the redressing of past or current injustices suffered by ethnic or cultural minorities; the nature and scope of group rights; and questions around how institutions are supposed to treat a certain specific identity/...
Imaginaries of Modernity: Politics, Cultures, Tensions
1st Edition
By John Rundell
June 30, 2020
This book offers a new perspective on the issue of modernity through a series of interconnected essays. Drawing centrally on the works of Castoriadis, Luhmann, Heller and Lefort, and in critical discussion with Weber, Durkheim, Simmel, Adorno, Habermas and Taylor, the author argues that modernity ...
The Countercultural Logic of Neoliberalism
1st Edition
By David Hancock
June 30, 2020
Why, since the financial crisis of 2008, has neoliberal capitalism remained seemingly impregnable? Why, when it is shown as no longer capable of delivering on its economic promises does its logic pervade all facets of contemporary life? How has it seduced us? This book examines the seductive appeal...