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Recent Articles
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Metaethics: A Contemporary Introduction - Out Now
'Mark van Roojen's new work is now the finest book of its kind...' - Russ Shafer-Landau, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Metaethics: A Contemporary Introduction provides a solid foundation in metaethics for advanced undergraduates by introducing a series of puzzles that most metaethical theories address. Read more...
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Featured Author - Robin Barrow
Please read about the extensive and prolific career of our featured author of the month, Robin Barrow.
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The Attack on Truth by Lee McIntyre
Lee McIntyre, author of Respecting Truth, showcases how we have entered an age of willful ignorance due to Internet culture in his latest piece from The Chronicle.
Read the full article here.
Find out about his book Respecting Truth.
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Professor Sarah-Jane Leslie Wins 2015 Stanton Prize
Professor Sarah-Jane Leslie (Princeton), co-Editor of the upcoming Current Controversies in Cognitive Science, has recently won the 2015 Stanton Prize, awarded to a young scholar in philosophy or psychology who has begun making significant contributions to interdisciplinary research.
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Read our exclusive interview with Sebastian Luft, editor of The Neo-Kantian Reader
‘Every article in this timely collection is extremely interesting. It makes the work of a key group of German philosophers more widely accessible, thus supporting the growing revival of philosophical interest in the neo-Kantian movement. The book demonstrates that while elements of our contemporary thinking on Kant and Hegel were anticipated by the neo-Kantians, other philosophical opportunities are still to be discovered.’ – Pierre Keller, University of California, Riverside, USA
The Neo-Kantian Reader is already garnering praise from philosophers in the field. We talked to editor Sebastian Luft to find out more about the book.
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The Neo-Kantian Reader - Out Now
The latter half of the nineteenth and the early part of the twentieth century witnessed a remarkable resurgence of interest in Kant’s philosophy in Continental Europe, the effects of which are still being felt today. The Neo-Kantian Reader is the first anthology to collect the most important primary sources in Neo-Kantian philosophy, with many being published here in English for the first time. It includes extracts on a rich and diverse number of subjects, including logic, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of science, and transcendental idealism. Read more...
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What is this thing called Ethics? - New Edition Out Now
What is morality? How do we define what is right and wrong? How does moral theory help us deal with ethical issues in the world around us?
This second edition provides an engaging and stimulating introduction to philosophical thinking about morality. Christopher Bennett provides the reader with accessible examples of contemporary and relevant ethical problems, before looking at the main theoretical approaches and key philosophers associated with them. Read more...
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The Routledge Guidebook to Einstein’s Relativity - Out Now
The Routledge Guidebook to Einstein’s Relativity expands on and supplements this seminal text, by exploring the historical context of Einstein’s work and the background to his breakthroughs; details of experimental verification of special and general relativity; the enduring legacy of Einstein’s theories and their implications for future scientific breakthroughs. Read more...
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Gender Trouble: It’s a Classic for a reason
Redefine what it means to be 'masculine' or 'feminine' with the Routledge Classic Gender Trouble:Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by Judith Butler.
Routledge Classics doesn’t stand still. In 2015 we are bringing you a Classic a Month to spotlight the pedigree of our list, along with an interview with an eminent thinker about why this is their favorite Routledge Classic. In February, we are pleased to present Judith Butler's timeless and powerful Gender Trouble, with a hardback version on its way in March. Routledge Classics also spoke with Dr Nina Power, author, contributor to The Guardian, and Senior Lecturer at the University of Roehampton, UK.
The debate over gender definitions and inequalities rages on in academic scholarship and popular culture today as strongly as it did when Judith Butler first wrote Gender Trouble. Butler's work will forever be an essential contribution to resolving what it really means to be female. Such a book cannot exist without causing controversy, and Gender Trouble is as celebrated as it is controversial.
Does Butler's Gender Trouble still apply to current gender issues? Read our Q&A with Dr Nina Power below for her take. You can also check out this excerpt from the text, Preface and Chapter One: Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire, and Butler's recent interview withThe New York Times' George Yancy, What’s Wrong With ‘All Lives Matter’?.
Tell us your thoughts - @Routledge_Clas #routledgeclassics.
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The Routledge Companion to Bioethics
Combining some the most influential and incisive voices, and covering many cutting edge issues in bioethics today, the new Routledge Companion to Bioethics is an invaluable resources for students and scholars alike. A comprehensive reference guide to contemporary concerns in bioethics, it covers a changing landscape shaped by globalization, health disparities, and rapidly advancing technologies. While also covering more traditional topics, this volume fully captures this recent shift and foreshadows the resulting developments in bioethics.