19th Century Philosophy Books

New and Published Books

1. The Routledge Guidebook to Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit

   By Robert Stern

   Series: The Routledge Guides to the Great Books

   The Phenomenology of Spirit is arguably Hegel’s most influential and important work, and is considered to be essential in understanding Hegel’s philosophical system and his contribution to western philosophy. The Routledge Guidebook to Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit introduces the major themes in...

   Published January 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Bertrand Russell's Dialogue with His Contemporaries (Routledge Revivals)

   By Elizabeth Eames

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1989, this book considers Bertrand Russell’s philosophy through his correspondence with others. Indeed, his exchanges with his elders in philosophy, with his contemporaries, and with one of his most outstanding pupils are brought to life in this judicious exposition: meticulously...

   Published January 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. The Routledge Companion to Nineteenth Century Philosophy

   Edited by Dean Moyar

   Series: Routledge Philosophy Companions

   The nineteenth century is a period of stunning philosophical originality, characterised by radical engagement with the emerging human sciences. Often overshadowed by twentieth century philosophy which sought to reject some of its central tenets, the philosophers of the nineteenth century have...

   Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
4. Four Pragmatists

   A Critical Introduction to Peirce, James, Mead and Dewey

   By Israel Scheffler

   First published in 1974, this book is a critical introduction to the work of four quintessential pragmatist philosophers: Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, George Herbert Mead and John Dewey. Alongside providing a general historical and biographical account of the pragmatist movement, the...

   Published September 29th 2012 by Routledge
5. Karl Marx

   2nd Edition

   By Allen Wood

   Series: Arguments of the Philosophers

   This is one of the most respected books on Marx's philosophical thought. Wood explains Marx's views from a philosophical standpoint and defends him against common misunderstandings and criticisms. All the major philosophical topics in Marx's work are considered: the central concept of alienation;...

   Published September 11th 2012 by Routledge
6. Narrative Identity, Autonomy, and Mortality

   From Frankfurt and MacIntyre to Kierkegaard

   By John J. Davenport

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   In the last two decades, interest in narrative conceptions of identity has grown exponentially, though there is little agreement about what a "life-narrative" might be. In connecting Kierkegaard with virtue ethics, several scholars have recently argued that narrative models of selves and...

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
7. Russian Legal Culture Before and After Communism

   Criminal Justice, Politics and the Public Sphere

   By Frances Nethercott

   Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

   Following the emancipation of the serfs in 1861, and again during the Gorbachev and Yel’tsin eras, the issue of individual legal rights and freedoms occupied a central place in the reformist drive to modernize criminal justice. While in tsarist Russia the gains of legal scholars and activists in...

   Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge
8. Nominalism and Constructivism in Seventeenth-Century Mathematical Philosophy

   By David Sepkoski

   Series: Routledge Studies in Seventeenth Century Philosophy

   What was the basis for the adoption of mathematics as the primary mode of discourse for describing natural events by a large segment of the philosophical community in the seventeenth century? In answering this question, this book demonstrates that a significant group of philosophers shared the...

   Published June 12th 2012 by Routledge
9. French Liberalism in the 19th Century

   An Anthology

   Edited by Robert Leroux, David Hart

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   Political and economic liberalism has generally been considered to be of marginal import in France, but at an intellectual level, it is a different story. An exploration of the history of French economic thought shows how a rich intellectual tradition developed during the nineteenth century, which...

   Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge
10. Exceedingly Nietzsche

    Aspects of Contemporary Nietzsche Interpretation

    Edited by David Farrell Krell, David Wood

    Originally published in 1988, this collection brings together a wide range of original readings on Friedrich Nietzsche, reflecting many aspects of Neitzsche in contemporary philosophy, literature and the social sciences. The Nietzsche these contributors discuss is the Nietzsche who exceeds any...

    Published February 20th 2012 by Routledge