Forthcoming Humanities Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Philosophy in Schools

   An Introduction for Philosophers and Teachers

   Edited by Sara Goering, Nicholas J. Shudak, Thomas E. Wartenberg

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   All of us ponder the big and enduring human questions—Who am I? Am I free? What should I do? What is good? Is there justice? Is life meaningful?—but this kind of philosophical interrogation is rarely carefully explored or even taken seriously in most primary and secondary school settings. However,...

   To Be Published February 5th 2013 by Routledge
2. Athletes, Sexual Assault, and "Trials by Media"

   Narrative Immunity

   By Deb Waterhouse-Watson

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   Since footballer sexual assault became top news in 2004, six years after the first case was reported, much has been written in the news media about individual cases, footballers and women who have sex with them. Deb Waterhouse-Watson reveals how media representations of recent sexual assault cases...

   To Be Published February 5th 2013 by Routledge
3. Cinema as Weather

   Stylistic Screens and Atmospheric Change

   By Kristi McKim

   Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies

   How do cinematic portrayals of the weather reflect and affect our experience of the world? While weatherly predictability and surprise can impact our daily experience, the history of cinema attests to the stylistic and narrative significance of snow, rain, wind, sunshine, clouds, and skies. Through...

   To Be Published February 6th 2013 by Routledge
4. Refugees and Cultural Transfer to Britain

   Edited by Stefan Manz, Panikos Panayi

   This book is the first to focus specifically upon the relationship between refugees and intercultural transfer over an extensive period of time. Since circa 1830, a series of groups have made their way to Britain, beginning with exiles from the failed European revolutions of the mid-nineteenth...

   To Be Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
5. Law and the Question of the Animal

   A Critical Jurisprudence

   Edited by Yoriko Otomo, Edward Mussawir

   Series: Law, Justice and Ecology

   This book addresses the problem of ‘animal life’ in terms that go beyond the usual extension of liberal rights to animals. The discourse of animal rights is one that increasingly occupies the political, ethical and intellectual terrain of modern society. But, although the question of the status of...

   To Be Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Use of Philosophy (Routledge Revivals)

   Californian Addresses

   By John Muirhead

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1928, this book reproduces the lectures and addresses that John Henry Muirhead gave on various occasions during the two and a half years he spent as Lecturer of Philosophy on the Mills Foundation at the University of California, USA. The different chapters look at the meaning and...

   To Be Published February 9th 2013 by Routledge
7. Principles of American Journalism

   An Introduction

   By Stephanie Craft, Charles N. Davis

   In a rapidly changing media landscape, what becomes of journalism? Designed to engage, inspire and challenge students while laying out the fundamental principles of the craft, Principles of American Journalism introduces students to the core values of journalism and its singularly important role in...

   To Be Published February 10th 2013 by Routledge
8. The Casting Handbook

   For Film and Theatre Makers

   By Suzy Catliff, Jennifer Granville

   Casting is a crucial creative element of any production - and yet the craft and skills needed to put together a successful and exciting cast are often overlooked. The Casting Handbook explains the casting process from beginning to end and covers everything producers and directors needs to know – as...

   To Be Published February 11th 2013 by Routledge
9. Divorce in Medieval England

   From One to Two Persons in Law

   By Sara M. Butler

   Series: Routledge Research in Medieval Studies

   Divorce in Medieval England is intended to reorient scholarly perceptions concerning divorce in the medieval period. Divorce, as we think of it today, is usually considered to be a modern invention. This book challenges that viewpoint, documenting the many and varied uses of divorce in the medieval...

   To Be Published February 11th 2013 by Routledge
10. Justice as Improvisation

    The Law of the Extempore

    By Sara Ramshaw

    Justice as Improvisation: The Law of the Extempore theorises the relationship between justice and improvisation through the case of the New York City cabaret laws. Discourses around improvisation often imprison it in a quasi-ethical relationship with the authentic, singular ‘other’. The same can be...

    To Be Published February 12th 2013 by Routledge