Book Series
Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
New & Published Titles:
Goffman and Social Organization
Studies of a Sociological Legacy
1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-11204-8 (Routledge)
Property and Power in Social Theory
A Study in Intellectual Rivalry
Property and power perform a key role in social and political theories of class inequality and social stratification, however, theorists have yet clearly to define… read more1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-18780-0 (Routledge)
The Age of Reasons
Quixotism, Sentimentalism, and Political Economy in Eighteenth Century Britain
Wendy Motooka contends that 'the Age of Reason' was actually an Age of Reasons. Joining imaginative literature, moral philosophy, and the emerging discourse of the… read more1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17941-6 (Routledge)
Classical Individualism
The Supreme Importance of Each Human Being
In Classical Individualism, Tibor R. Machan argues that individualism is far from being dead. Machan identifies, develops and defends what he calls classical individualism -… read more1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-16572-3 (Routledge)
Individualism in Modern Thought
From Adam Smith to Hayek
This book is a comprehensive survey of methodological individualism in social, political and economic thought from the Enlightenment to the 20th century. Exploring the works… read more1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-18524-0 (Routledge)
Max Weber and Michel Foucault
Parallel Life-Works
Max Weber and Michael Foucault are among the most controversial and fascinating thinkers of our century. This book is the first to jointly analyse them… read more1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-16681-2 (Routledge)
On Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life
This is the first collection of essays to be published on Durkheim's masterpiece The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. It represents the work of the… read more1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-16286-9 (Routledge)
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The Political Economy of Civil Society and Human Rights
Madison uses the concept of civil society and his distinctive version of 'communicative rationality' to provide a closely-argued and robust defence of the neo-liberal political… read more1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-16677-5 (Routledge)
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Freedom in Economics
New Perspectives in Normative Analysis
This book presents a range of papers by philosophers and economists who consider the definition and value of liberty; freedom in rights and equality of… read more1997 | Hardback: 978-0-415-15468-0 (Routledge)
Against Politics
On Government, Anarchy and Order
Is the state a necessity, a convenience, or neither? It enforces collective choices in which some override the preferences and dispose of the resources of… read more1997 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17067-3 (Routledge)
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