Books in the Routledge Studies in Critical Realism series

In Europe, the framework of economic competitiveness has become the defining aim of education, to be achieved by managerialist techniques and mechanisms. This book argues against this vision of education, and offers a different approach.

This reader is designed to make accessible in one volume, to lay person and academic, student and teacher alike, key readings to stimulate debate about and within critical realism.

Andrew Collier is the boldest defender of objectivity - in science, knowledge, thought, action, politics, morality and religion. The diverse contributions range from social and political thought to philosophy.

Poststructuralism has achieved remarkable success in challenging our belief in natural sex categories and instincts. Embracing biological and cultural variability, this book shows that the sexed body is naturally structured and deeply meaningful. It employs colourful illustrations from biology, anthropology and psychology.