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One of the most talked-about scholarly works of the past fifty years, Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble is as celebrated as it is controversial. Arguing that traditional feminism is wrong to look to a natural, 'essential' notion of the female, or indeed of sex or gender, Butler starts by questioning…
Paperback – 2006-05-12
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First published in 1946, History of Western Philosophy went on to become the best-selling philosophy book of the twentieth century. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philosophy. Providing a sophisticated overview of the ideas…
Paperback – 2004-02-02
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Being and Nothingness is without doubt one of the most significant books of the twentieth century. The central work by one of the world's most influential thinkers, it altered the course of western philosophy. Its revolutionary approach challenged all previous assumptions about the individual's…
Paperback – 2003-08-28
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Described by the philosopher A.J. Ayer as a work of 'great originality and power', this book revolutionized contemporary thinking on science and knowledge. Ideas such as the now legendary doctrine of 'falsificationism' electrified the scientific community, influencing even working scientists,…
Paperback – 2002-02-21
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When one defines "order" as a sorting of priorities, it becomes beautifully clear as to what Foucault is doing here. With virtuoso showmanship, he weaves an intensely complex history of thought. He dips into literature, art, economics and even biology in The Order of Things, possibly one of the…
Paperback – 2001-10-11
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The creation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory in the 1920s saw the birth of some of the most exciting and challenging writings of the twentieth century. It is out of this background that the great critic Theodor Adorno emerged. His finest essays are collected here, offering the reader…
Paperback – 2001-05-17
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Émile Durkheim is one of the founding fathers of sociology and Professional Ethics and Civic Morals is one of his most neglected yet insightful works. Durkheim's view that the instability of industrial society was connected to the decline of religion and his characterization of the state as…
Paperback – 2018-09-28
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This is the first part of Raymond Aron's landmark two-volume study of the sociological tradition—arguably the definitive work of its kind. More than a work of reconstruction, Aron's study is, at its deepest level, an engagement with the very question of modernity: how did the intellectual currents…
Paperback – 2018-09-27
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‘Anyone who writes about the Tudor century puts his head into a number of untamed lions’ mouths.’ G.R. Elton, Preface Geoffrey Elton (1921–1994) was one of the great historians of the Tudor period. England Under the Tudors is his major work and an outstanding history of a crucial and turbulent…
Paperback – 2018-09-27
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Does Butler's Gender Trouble still apply to current gender issues? Read our Q&A; with Dr Nina Power for her take.
September 2018 sees the publication of Raymond Aron's two-volume work Main Currents in Sociological Thought in the Routledge Classics series. This new edition includes an introduction by Daniel J. Mahoney and Brian C. Anderson. We spent 5 five minutes with Prof. Mahoney to discover more of what made Aron and his work so influential.
Patrick Wilcken discusses highly influential work from Claude Lévi-Strauss
Beat the blues with the Routledge Classic The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell
We are delighted to showcase The Conquest of Happiness and an interview with the philosopher A.C.Grayling, whose preface features in the Routledge Classic edition.
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The Best of Bertrand Russell
Routledge is delighted to bring you this FREE collection which includes chapters selected from the top 10 bestselling books in the Routledge Classics series by Russell.
Author Interview: Derek Attridge
We caught up with Derek Attridge to discuss his book, The Singularity of Literature.
Patrick Wilcken on Claude Lévi-Strauss
Patrick Wilcken discusses highly influential work from Claude Lévi-Strauss in an interview with Routledge.