Books in the Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought series

Brings together a distinguished group of philosophers, political theorists, and anthropologists to explore the role that the idea of 'authenticity' plays in the recognition and accommodation of cultural minorities and their practices. Discussing a wide range of illustrative cases and controversies drawn from Britain and continental Europe, North America, Australia, and the Middle East, this book moves beyond abstract discussion to consider also the practical and public policy implications of the putative authenticity of autonomous persons and of cultural practices.

The volume moves away from the more dominating and traditionally cast understandings of distributive justice and explores the long shadow of practices of trusteeship, stewardship and concepts of social and individual rights, and egalitarian practices and post-colonial African political thought.

This is the first volume to bring together key philosophically interesting yet typically overlooked Panarchic texts. Each text is written at different historical periods and across different cultures and geographical regions. The amassed wealth of theoretical insight will enable readers to compare different texts in this tradition of political thought and distinguish different streams and varieties within this political tradition.

Tate examines the development of Locke's ideal of toleration, from its beginnings, to the culmination of this development in his fifteen year debate with his great antagonist, the Anglican clergyman, Jonas Proast.

Taking inspiration from David McLellan's impressive body of work, the contributors engage directly with the relationship between Marx, ideology and religion in order to further scholarly debate and discussion on these three major themes of contemporary domestic and international politics.

Advances the concept of post-foundational cosmopolitanism as a way of thinking cosmopolitanism after the critique of foundations.

Brings together a distinguished group of philosophers, political theorists, and anthropologists to explore the role that the idea of 'authenticity' plays in the recognition and accommodation of cultural minorities and their practices. Discussing a wide range of illustrative cases and controversies drawn from Britain and continental Europe, North America, Australia, and the Middle East, this book moves beyond abstract discussion to consider also the practical and public policy implications of the putative authenticity of autonomous persons and of cultural practices.

Critical Theories and the Budapest School brings together new perspectives on the Budapest School in the context of contemporary developments in critical theory. Engaging with the work of the prominent group of figures associated with Georg Lukács, this book sheds new light on the unique and nuanced critiques of modernity offered by this school, informed as its members'' insights have been by first-hand experiences of Nazism, Soviet-type societies, and the liberal-democratic West. With studies of topics central to contemporary critical theory, such as the political and historical consciousness of modernity, the importance of bio-politics, the complexity of the human condition, and the relevance of comedy and friendship to developing critical perspectives, the authors draw on the works of Ágnes Heller, Maria Márkus, György Márkus, and Ferenc Fehér, demonstrating their enduring relevance to critical theory today and the ways in which these philosophers can inform new perspectives on culture and politics. An innovative reassessment of the Budapest School and the importance of its legacy, this book opens a much-needed and neglected dialogue with other schools and traditions of critical theorizing that will be of interest to scholars of sociology, philosophy, and social theory.

The idea of a `liberalism of flourishing¿ makes two major claims: the good life is one in which an individual succeeds in developing her intellectual and moral capabilities, and it is the function of the state to create the conditions that allow for this. Combining the history of ideas with analytical political philosophy, Menachem Mautner finds the roots of the theory in the works of great philosophers and argues that for individuals to reach a 'liberalism of flourishing' they need to engage with art.

Taking inspiration from David McLellan's impressive body of work, the contributors engage directly with the relationship between Marx, ideology and religion in order to further scholarly debate and discussion on these three major themes of contemporary domestic and international politics.

This book empowers the reader to cast a more critical and historically complete light on the idea of a fair share and the implications it has on societies and the individuals who comprise them.

Advances the concept of post-foundational cosmopolitanism as a way of thinking cosmopolitanism after the critique of foundations.

This is the first volume to bring together key philosophically interesting yet typically overlooked Panarchic texts. Each text is written at different historical periods and across different cultures and geographical regions.

At its heart, Norbert Elias and the Analysis of History and Sport explains both the course of history and how the roles that leisure and sport have occupied in it should be investigated.

Tate examines the development of Locke's ideal of toleration, from its beginnings, to the culmination of this development in his fifteen year debate with his great antagonist, the Anglican clergyman, Jonas Proast.