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Philosophical Essays

By Bertrand Russell

First published in 1910, Philosophical Essays is one of Bertrand Russell’s earliest works and marks an important period in the evolution of thought of one…

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February 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47449-8 (Routledge)

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The Scientific Outlook

By Bertrand Russell

According to Bertrand Russell, science is knowledge; that which seeks general laws connecting a number of particular facts. It is, he argues, far superior to…

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February 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47462-7 (Routledge)

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Marriage and Morals

By Bertrand Russell

Marriage and Morals is a compelling cross-cultural examination of individual, familial and societal attitudes towards sex and marriage. By exploring the codes by which we…

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February 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48288-2 (Routledge)

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Unpopular Essays

By Bertrand Russell

A classic collection of Bertrand Russell’s more controversial works, reaffirming his staunch liberal values, Unpopular Essays is one of Russell’s most characteristic and self-revealing books.…

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February 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47370-5 (Routledge)

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From Max Weber

Essays in Sociology

By Max Weber

Max Weber (1864-1920) was one of the most prolific and influential sociologists of the twentieth century. This classic collection draws together his key papers. This…

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January 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48269-1 (Routledge)

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How the Irish Became White

By Noel Ignatiev

'…from time to time a study comes along that truly can be called ‘path breaking,’ ‘seminal,’ ‘essential,’ a ‘must read.’ How the Irish Became White

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96309-1 (Routledge)

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Keeping Faith

Philosophy and Race in America

By Cornel West

@quote: 'The sheer range of West's interests and insights is staggering and exemplary: he appears equally comfortable talking about literature, ethics, art, jurisprudence, religion, and

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96481-4 (Routledge)

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Outside in the Teaching Machine

By Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is one of the most pre-eminent postcolonial theorists writing today and a scholar of genuinely global reputation. This collection, first published in…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96482-1 (Routledge)

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Reel to Real

Race, Sex and Class at the Movies

By bell hooks

Movies matter – that is the message of Reel to Real, bell hooks’ classic collection of essays on film. They matter on a personal…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96480-7 (Routledge)

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Black Feminist Thought

Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment

By Patricia Hill Collins

In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition that is not widely known. In…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96472-2 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
By Joseph A. Schumpeter
To be published February 26th 2010

The Imaginary: A Phenomenological Psychology of the Imagination
By Jean-Paul Sartre
To be published February 26th 2010

Content and Consciousness
By Daniel C. Dennett
To be published February 26th 2010

Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
By Pierre Bourdieu
To be published February 26th 2010

Shakespeare's Ghost Writers: Literature as Uncanny Causality
By MARJORIE GARBER
To be published April 26th 2010

Les Liaisons Dangereuses
By Pierre Chodleros de Laclos
To be published September 1st 2010