Book Series

Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

New & Published Titles:

Governmentality

Current Issues and Future Challenges

Edited by Ulrich Bröckling, Susanne Krasmann, Thomas Lemke

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…

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October 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-99920-5 (Routledge)

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Oppositional Discourses and Democracies

Edited by Michael Huspek

When citizens take to the streets or pack assembly halls or share their ideas through the minority press, they often give voice to truths and…

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August 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-80389-2 (Routledge)

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Liberalism, Neoliberalism, Social Democracy

Thin Communitarian Perspectives on Political Philosophy and Education

By Mark Olssen

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…

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August 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-95704-5 (Routledge)

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Reflexive Historical Sociology

By Arpad Szakolczai

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…

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June 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55862-4 (Routledge)

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Marxism & Scientific Socialism

From Engels to Althusser

By Paul Thomas

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…

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June 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77916-6 (Routledge)

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Enlightenment Political Thought and Non-Western Societies

Sultans and Savages

By Frederick G. Whelan

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'…

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May 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-99928-1 (Routledge)

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Habermas

Rescuing the Public Sphere

By Pauline Johnson

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…

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April 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54374-3 (Routledge)

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Edward Said and the Literary, Social, and Political World

Edited by Ranjan Ghosh

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…

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April 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96323-7 (Routledge)

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Perspectives on Gramsci

Politics, culture and social theory

Edited by Joseph Francese

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…

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April 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-48527-2 (Routledge)

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Globalizing Dissent

Essays on Arundhati Roy

Edited by Ranjan Ghosh, Antonia Navarro-Tejero

Arundhati Roy is not only an accomplished novelist, but equally gifted in unraveling the politics of globalization, the power and ideology of corporate culture, fundamentalism,…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-99559-7 (Routledge)

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Series Details:

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.

Forthcoming Titles:

The Contemporary Goffman
Edited by Michael Hviid Jacobsen
To be published December 7th 2009

Hemingway on Politics and Rebellion
Edited by Lauretta Frederking
To be published March 15th 2010

Living With Markets
By Jeremy Shearmur
To be published March 30th 2010