200 titles, a classic heritage that will stand the test of time.
Routledge Classics and Routledge Great Minds are a unique and affordable collection of the most innovative and important works of modern times; books that have, by popular consent, become established as classics in their field.
The Routledge Classics Catalogue is now available online.
Routledge Great Minds Books
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Routledge Great Minds: Complete Set
Series: Routledge Great Minds
Routledge Great Minds presents ten of the best shorter works from the Classics series where some of its leading authors provide, in brief and accessible form, pithy statements of their ideas and arguments. Ideal for those unfamiliar with their work as a whole, for the time-pressed, or for the...
Published July 1st 2013 by Routledge
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Relativity
Series: Routledge Great Minds
Time magazine's "Man of the Century", Albert Einstein is the founder of modern physics and his theory of relativity is the most important scientific idea of the modern era. In this short book, Einstein explains, using the minimum of mathematical terms, the basic ideas and principles of the theory...
Published July 2nd 2013 by Routledge
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On Dialogue
Series: Routledge Great Minds
David Bohm is considered one of the best physicists of all time. He also had a deep interest in human communication and creativity. Influential in both management and communication theory in what is known 'Bohm Dialogue', On Dialogue is both inspiring and pioneering. Bohm considers the origin and...
Published July 2nd 2013 by Routledge
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The Sovereignty of Good
Series: Routledge Great Minds
Iris Murdoch was one of the great philosophers and novelists of the twentieth century and The Sovereignty of Good is her most important and enduring philosophical work. She argues that philosophy has focused, mistakenly, on what it is right to do rather than good to be and that only by restoring...
Published July 2nd 2013 by Routledge
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Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions
Series: Routledge Great Minds
Philosopher, novelist, dramatist and existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre is one of the greatest writers of all time. He was fascinated by the role played by the emotions in human life and placed them at the heart of his philosophy. This brilliant short work - which contains some of the principal...
Published July 2nd 2013 by Routledge
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Series: Routledge Great Minds
Ludwig Wittgenstein is one of the greatest and most fascinating philosophers of all time. His Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, composed in a series of remarkable numbered propositions, was the only book he published in his lifetime. He tackles nothing less than the question of whether there is such...
Published July 2nd 2013 by Routledge
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What I Believe
Series: Routledge Great Minds
Bertrand Russell is widely regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century and a brilliant writer and commentator on social and political affairs. What I Believe offers a lucid and concise insight into Russell’s thinking on issues that preoccupied him throughout his life:...
Published July 18th 2013 by Routledge
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Leonardo da Vinci
Series: Routledge Great Minds
Sigmund Freud was already internationally acclaimed as the principal founder of psychoanalysis when he turned his attention to the life of Leonardo da Vinci. It remained Freud’s favourite composition. Compressing many of his insights into a few pages, the result is a fascinating picture of some of...
Published December 13th 2013 by Routledge
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Myth and Meaning
Series: Routledge Great Minds
The anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss was one of the greatest intellectuals of the twentieth century. His work has had a profound impact not only within anthropology but also linguistics, sociology and philosophy. In this short book he examines the nature and role of myth in human history,...
Published December 13th 2013 by Routledge
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The Undiscovered Self
Series: Routledge Great Minds
Written three years before his death, The Undiscovered Self combines acuity with concision in masterly fashion and is Jung at his very best. Offering clear and crisp insights into some of his major theories, such as the duality of human nature, the unconscious, human instinct and spirituality, Jung...
Published December 13th 2013 by Routledge
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Letter to a Priest
Series: Routledge Great Minds
Hailed by Albert Camus as ‘the only great spirit of our times’, Simone Weil was one of great essayists and activists of the twentieth century. Her writings on the nature of religious faith and spirituality have inspired many subsequent thinkers. Wrestling with the moral dilemmas entailed by...
Published December 17th 2014 by Routledge