Philosophy: Products

By Christopher Cowie

The Repugnant Conclusion is a controversial theorem about population size. It states that a sufficiently large population of lives that are barely worth living is better than a smaller population of high quality lives. This is highly counter-intuitive. It implies that we can improve the world by…

Hardback – 2019-12-11 
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Routledge Focus on Philosophy

By Aidan Rankin

This book explores the ways in which the ecologically centred Indian philosophy of Jainism could introduce a new and non-western methodology to environmental politics, with the potential to help the green movement find new audiences and a new voice. Aidan Rankin begins with a description of the…

Hardback – 2019-12-10 
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Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability

Edited by Katariina Holma, Tiina Kontinen

Practices of Citizenship in East Africa uses insights from philosophical pragmatism to explore how to strengthen citizenship within developing countries. Using a bottom-up approach, the book investigates the various everyday practices in which citizenship habits are formed and reformulated. In…

Hardback – 2019-12-10 
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Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

By Mark Stoner

Making Sense of Messages, now in its second edition, retains the apprenticeship approach which facilitates effectively learning the complex content and skills of rhetorical theory and criticism.　 A new chapter on “The Rhetoric of Ignorance” provides needed theory and examples that help students…

Paperback – 2019-12-09 
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By Joseph Zornado, Jill Harrison, Daniel Weisman

Critical Thinking presents, defines and explains the intellectual skills and habits of mind that comprise critical thinking and its relationship to social justice.　Each of the sequential chapters includes detailed examples and learning exercises that guide the reader step by step from intellectual…

Paperback – 2019-12-09 
Routledge

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.…

Hardback – 2019-12-08 
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Edited by Chi-Ming Lam

This book contributes to the theory and practice of Philosophy for Children (P4C), with a special emphasis on theoretical and practical issues confronting researchers and practitioners working in contexts that are strongly influenced by Confucian values and norms. It includes writings by prominent…

Hardback – 2019-12-06 
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Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

By Michael Quinn

First published in 1991. This study is a critical survey of substantive egalitarian theories of justice, that is to say, various theories containing principles for the distribution of social resources which, it is argued, base themselves on a fundamental principle of equality. This title will be of…

Hardback – 2019-12-06 
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Routledge Library Editions: Political Thought and Political Philosophy

By Anne Showstack Sassoon

First published in 1980. This book analyses Gramsci’s political theory and the consequences of his ideas for the theory of the state and of the political party. Using the new tools of analysis which have been developed in Italy the book presents Gramsci’s political theory as part of the attempt to…

Hardback – 2019-12-06 
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Routledge Library Editions: Political Thought and Political Philosophy

Edited by Robert Benewick, R. N Berki, Bhikhu Parekh

First published in 1973. Few concepts in the modern age have created more controversy in the discussion of social, moral, and political issues than that of ideology. Ever since the term was coined by Destutt de Tracy to refer to a scientific study of the origin of ideas, its meaning has undergone a…

Hardback – 2019-12-06 
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Routledge Library Editions: Political Thought and Political Philosophy

Edited by Michael Freeden

First published in 1988. This anthology from the major writings of J. A. Hobson helps to establish his reputation as one of the most influential social, economic and political theorists of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain. The wide range of his writings makes him essential…

Hardback – 2019-12-06 
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Routledge Library Editions: Political Thought and Political Philosophy

By Marcus G. Raskin

First published in 1986. In this thought-provoking book the widely acclaimed thinker and activist, Marcus Raskin, moves beyond the limits and failures of socialism and capitalism to an original theory of social reconstruction for a humane society. Presenting concrete alternatives for education,…

Hardback – 2019-12-06 
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Routledge Library Editions: Political Thought and Political Philosophy