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Series: The Routledge Philosophers
In this extensively revised and expanded introduction, Christopher Shields introduces and assesses the whole of Aristotle’s philosophy, showing how his powerful conception of human nature shaped much of his thinking on the nature of the soul and the mind, ethics, politics and the arts. Beginning...
To Be Published September 30th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
The idea of heroism has become thoroughly muddled today. In contemporary society, any behavior that seems distinctly difficult or unusually impressive is classified as heroic: everyone from firefighters to foster fathers to freedom fighters are our heroes. But what motivates these people to act...
To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
In the past few years, the world has seen several financial and economic crises. Psychological, ethical and philosophical levels of causal analysis have been discussed, and in this context, an interest in classical thinkers has emerged. The work of Aristotle has influenced writers from Marx and...
To Be Published October 15th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
What are reason and rationality? How significant are recent postmodernist and neuroscientific challenges to these longheld notions? Should we abandon a belief in reason and an adherence to rationality? Or can reason and rationality be reformulated and reframed? And what does politics have to do...
To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Philosophy Companions
The Routledge Companion to Ancient Philosophy is a collection of new essays on the philosophy and philosophers of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Written by a cast of international scholars, it covers the full range of ancient philosophy from the sixth century BC to the sixth century AD and...
To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Rethinking Globalizations
This book explores the conceptual, methodological and praxeological elements of dialectical analysis in world politics. As dialectics has remained an under-theorised analytical tool in international relations (IR) theory and the social sciences as a whole, this volume will provide a necessary...
To Be Published January 31st 2014 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in Metaphysics
The volume aims to re-examine some of the major topics at the intersection of traditional and contemporary metaphysics. The book uses as a point of departure Francisco Suárez’s Metaphysical Disputations published in 1597. Minimalist metaphysics in empiricist/pragmatist clothing have today become...
To Be Published January 31st 2014 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Revivals
First published in 1962, this book provides a systematic account of the development of Plato’s theory of knowledge. Beginning with a consideration of the Socratic and other influences which determined the form in which the problem of knowledge first presented itself to Plato, the author then works...
To Be Published February 9th 2014 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks
To Be Published March 31st 2014 by Routledge
