Routledge Library Editions: Beckett

Routledge Library Editions: Beckett
Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 1108
Release: 2022-07-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1000807118

This collection of five previously out-of-print titles examines Samuel Beckett’s works and their impact on the theatre, and on people who came into creative contact with his ideas. His plays are assessed, as are his works for film and television. A titan of original thinking, these books by leading Beckett scholars analyse how his creative vision was expressed and how it revolutionised not just the world of theatre but also of the wider world of the arts.

Post-Structuralist Classics

Post-Structuralist Classics
Author: Andrew Benjamin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2016-08-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 113498037X

Modern literary theory is increasingly looking to philosophy for its inspiration. After a wave of structural analysis, the growing influence of deconstruction and hermeneutic readings continues to bear witness to this. This exciting and important collection, first published in 1988, reveals the diversity of approaches that mark the post-structuralist endeavour, and provides a challenge to the conventional practice of classical studies and ancient philosophy. This book will be of interest to students of ancient philosophy, classical studies and literary theory.

Postmodern Brecht

Postmodern Brecht
Author: Elizabeth Wright
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 154
Release: 1989
Genre: Postmodernism.
ISBN: 9780415023306

Routledge Library Editions: Utopias

Routledge Library Editions: Utopias
Author: Various
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1789
Release: 2021-11-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 100051885X

Routledge Library Editions: Utopias (6 volume set) contains titles, originally published between 1923 and 1982. It includes volumes focusing on Utopian fiction, both as a genre in its own right and also from a feminist perspective. In addition, there are sociological texts that examine the history of Utopian thought, from the writings of Plato and beyond, as well as specific examples of people who have tried to create Utopian communities.

Routledge Library Editions: Political Protest

Routledge Library Editions: Political Protest
Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 6586
Release: 2022-07-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000806847

This 26-volume set is a wide-ranging, time- and subject-spanning examination of the phenomenon of political protest. What drives people to take to the streets, and how do their governments respond? These questions and many more are analysed in areas as varied as sixteenth-century German peasant uprisings, revolutionary Russians at the Paris Commune, women protesting nuclear weapons at Greenham Common, and the role Christianity played in protests across the ages. An impressive reference resource, this set also looks at the policing of protests and official responses to them.

Routledge Library Editions: Hegel

Routledge Library Editions: Hegel
Author: Various
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 604
Release: 2021-08-20
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1000518841

Originally published between 1982 and 1991 the 3 volumes in this set Reflect the diversity in Hegelianism and every branch of philosophy which he contributed to. Examine Hegel’s work in relation to Marx and Wittgenstein Discuss Hegel’s social theory Examine British Hegelian thinking and the lines of its development Offer an interpretation of Hegelian theory that is relevant for the understanding of modern republican constitutions.

Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Time

Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Time
Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1519
Release: 2021-03-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0429685262

Reissuing five works originally published between 1937 and 1991, this collection contains books addressing the subject of time, from a mostly philosophic point of view but also of interest to those in the science and mathematics worlds. These texts are brought back into print in this small set of works addressing how we think about time, the history of the philosophy of time, the measurement of time, theories of relativity and discussions of the wider thinking about time and space, among other aspects. One volume is a thorough bibliography collating references on the subject of time across many disciplines.

Bureaucracy and Democracy (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 7)

Bureaucracy and Democracy (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 7)
Author: Eva Etzioni-Halevy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135027307

Although a powerful, independent bureaucracy poses a threat to democracy, it is indispensable to its proper functioning. This book provides an overview of the complex relationship between bureaucracy and the politics of democracy and is essential reading for students of sociology, political science and public administration. It is designed to guide students through the maze of classical and modern theories on the topic, to give them basic information on the historical developments in this area and the present them with case histories of the actual relationship between bureaucrats and politicians in democratic societies.

Matthew Arnold and John Stuart Mill

Matthew Arnold and John Stuart Mill
Author: Edward Alexander
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135026971

This study defines the relationship between humanism and liberalism by comparing the two Victorian figures who were most concerned with the preservation of humanistic values in a free and democratic society: Matthew Arnold and John Stuart Mill. The book sets apart Arnold and Mill from their contemporaries and points out their similarities to one another in discussions of their theories of history, poetry, their celebration of the contemplative life and their willingness to welcome democracy. At the same time it examines the differences between the two men, which he uses to create a dialogue between humanism and liberalism on the question of how a high cultural ideal can be realized in democratic society.