Intellectual History Books

New and Published Books

1. The Politics of Nothing

   On Sovereignty

   Edited by Clare Monagle, Dimitris Vardoulakis

   This book questions what sovereignty looks like when it is de-ontologised; when the nothingness at the heart of claims to sovereignty is unmasked and laid bare. Drawing on critical thinkers in political theology, such as Schmitt, Agamben, Nancy, Blanchot, Paulhan, The Politics of Nothing asks what...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Cesare Lombroso Handbook

   Edited by Paul Knepper, Per Jørgen Ystehede

   The Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso (1835 – 1909) is the single-most important figure in the founding of criminology and the study of aberrant conduct in the human sciences. The Cesare Lombroso Handbook brings together essays by leading Lombroso scholars and is divided into four main parts,...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
3. An Introduction to Book History

   2nd Edition

   By David Finkelstein, Alistair McCleery

   This second edition of An Introduction to Book History provides a comprehensive critical introduction to the development of the book and print culture. Each fully revised and updated chapter contains new material and covers recent developments in the field, including: The Postcolonial Book...

   Published October 23rd 2012 by Routledge
4. Human Rights in World History

   By Peter N. Stearns

   Series: Themes in World History

   Defended by a host of passionate advocates and organizations, certain standard human rights have come to represent a quintessential component of global citizenship. There are, however, a number of societies who dissent from this orthodoxy, either in general or on particular issues, on the basis of...

   Published May 1st 2012 by Routledge
5. Race, Social Science and the Crisis of Manhood, 1890-1970

   We are the Supermen

   By Malinda Alaine Lindquist

   Series: Routledge Studies in African American History

   Black Social Science and the Crisis of Manhood, 1890-1970 describes the young black male crisis, why we are largely unfamiliar with the story of the black superman, and why this matters to contemporary debates. It does so by returning to the work of those original black social scientists to explore...

   Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge