Political Philosophy Books

New and Published Books

1. Gramsci and Global Politics

   Hegemony and resistance

   Edited by Mark McNally, John Schwarzmantel

   Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

   The aim of this book is to explain and assess the relevance of the ideas of Gramsci to a world fundamentally transformed from that in which his thought was developed. It takes some of Gramsci’s best-known concepts – hegemony, civil society, passive revolution, the national-popular, trasformismo,...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Pluralism and Liberal Politics

   By Robert Talisse

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   In this book, Robert Talisse critically examines the moral and political implications of pluralism, the view that our best moral thinking is indeterminate and that moral conflict is an inescapable feature of the human condition. Through a careful engagement with the work of William James, Isaiah...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
3. On Mechanism in Hegel's Social and Political Philosophy

   By Nathan Ross

   Series: Studies in Philosophy

   On Mechanism in Hegel's Social and Political Philosophy examines the role of the concept of mechanism in Hegel’s thinking about political and social institutions. It counters as overly simplistic the notion that Hegel has an ‘organic concept of society’. It examines the thought of Hegel’s peers and...

   Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
4. What is Enlightenment?

   By Samuel Fleischacker

   Series: Kant's Questions

   "Have the courage to use your own understanding! - that is the motto of enlightenment." - Immanuel Kant The Enlightenment is one of the most important and contested periods in the history of philosophy. The problems it addressed, such as the proper extent of individual freedom and the challenging...

   Published February 20th 2013 by Routledge
5. Althusser and Law

   Edited by Laurent de Sutter

   Series: Nomikoi Critical Legal Thinkers

   Althusser & Law is the first book specifically dedicated to the place of law in Louis Althusser’s philosophy. The growing importance of Althusser’s philosophy in contemporary debates on the left has - for practical and political, as well theoretical reasons - made a sustained&...

   Published February 20th 2013 by Routledge
6. Rethinking Gramsci

   Edited by Marcus Green

   Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

   This edited volume provides a coherent and comprehensive assessment of Antonio Gramsci's significant contribution to the fields of political and cultural theory. It contains seminal contributions from a broad range of important political and cultural theorists from around the world and explains the...

   Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. History, Memory, and State-Sponsored Violence

   Time and Justice

   By Berber Bevernage

   Series: Routledge Approaches to History

   Modern historiography embraces the notion that time is irreversible, implying that the past should be imagined as something ‘absent’ or ‘distant.’ Victims of historical injustice, however, in contrast, often claim that the past got ‘stuck’ in the present and that it retains a haunting presence....

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
8. Habermas and Rawls

   Disputing the Political

   Edited by James Gordon Finlayson, Fabian Freyenhagen

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Habermas and Rawls are two heavyweights of social and political philosophy, and they are undoubtedly the two most written about (and widely read) authors in this field. However, there has not been much informed and interesting work on the points of intersection between their projects, partly...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
9. Intergenerational Justice

   Rights and Responsibilities in an Intergenerational Polity

   By Janna Thompson

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   In this timely study, Thompson presents a theory of intergenerational justice that gives citizens duties to past and future generations, showing why people can make legitimate demands of their successors and explaining what relationships between contemporary generations count as fair. What connects...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
10. Insiders and Outsiders in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy

    Edited by G.A.J. Rogers, Tom Sorell, Jill Kraye

    Series: Routledge Studies in Seventeenth Century Philosophy

    Seventeenth-century philosophy scholars come together in this volume to address the Insiders--Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, and Hobbes--and Outsiders--Pierre Gassendi, Kenelm Digby, Theophilus Gale, Ralph Cudworth and Nicholas Malebranche--of the philosocial canon, and the ways in which...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge