Routledge Revivals
About the Book Series
Are there elusive titles that you need and have been trying to source for years but thought that you would never be able to find?
Well this may be the end of your quest – here is a fantastic opportunity for you to discover past brilliance and purchase previously out of print and unavailable titles by some of the world’s most eminent academic scholars.
Drawing from over 100 years of innovative, cutting-edge publishing, Routledge Revivals is an exciting programme whereby key titles from the distinguished and extensive backlist of the many acclaimed imprints associated with Routledge will be re-issued.
The programme draws upon the illustrious backlists of Kegan Paul, Trench & Trubner, Routledge & Kegan Paul, Methuen, Allen & Unwin and Routledge itself.
Routledge Revivals spans the whole of the Humanities and Social Sciences, and includes works by some of the world’s greatest thinkers including Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Simone Weil, Martin Buber, Karl Jaspers and Max Beloff.
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Sophists, Socratics and Cynics (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By David Rankin
October 13, 2015
The Sophists, the Socratics and the Cynics had one important characteristic in common: they mainly used spoken natural language as their instrument of investigation, and they were more concerned to discover human nature in its various practical manifestations than the facts of the physical world. ...
Strategy and Ethnocentrism (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By Ken Booth
October 13, 2015
Ken Booth’s study, first published in 1979, investigates the way in which cultural distortions have affected the theory and execution of strategy. Its aim is to illustrate the importance of ethnocentrism in all areas of the subject, to follow through its implications and to suggest approaches to ...
The Crisis of Keynesian Economics (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By Geoffrey Pilling
October 13, 2015
Geoffrey Pilling’s treatment of this complex issue in political economy, first published in 1986, concentrates on a review of Keynes’ writings rather than the vast literature that has developed surrounding his work since the Second World War. It does, however, consider the work of the ‘Left ...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By Rod Hackney
October 13, 2015
First published in 1990, this title presents the personal reflections of renowned community architect Rod Hackney, who served for many years as President of both the Royal Institute of British Architects and the International Union of Architects. Educated in the Modernist tradition of architecture ...
The People of Aristophanes (Routledge Revivals): A Sociology of Old Attic Comedy
1st Edition
By Victor Ehrenberg
October 13, 2015
First published in 1951, The People of Aristophanes provides a sociological account of Athens in the period of its greatest glory. Drawing upon Old Attic Comedy and the plays of Aristophanes, the author recreates, for the reader, the life of Athens at that time. He writes extensively about social ...
The Rise and Decline of Small Firms (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By Jonathan Boswell
October 13, 2015
First published in 1973, this title examines the development patterns of small businesses. It considers why people found firms; the factors that contribute to entrepreneurial success; problems of management succession and inheritance; the strengths and weaknesses of family firms; the reasons ...
Translation and the Nature of Philosophy (Routledge Revivals): A New Theory of Words
1st Edition
By C.R. Badcock
October 13, 2015
This engrossing study, first published in 1989, explores the basic mutuality between philosophy and translation. By studying the conceptions of translation in Plato, Seneca, Davidson, Walter Benjamin and Freud, Andrew Benjamin reveals the interplay between the two disciplines not only in their ...
A George Herbert Companion (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By Robert H. Ray
October 05, 2015
First published in 1995, this title provides the reader with a compendium of useful information for any reader of George Herbert to have at hand. It includes key biographical information, situates the poetry in its historical and cultural context, and, where appropriate, explains theological ...
A History of Egypt under the Ptolemaic Dynasty (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By Edwyn Bevan
October 05, 2015
First published in 1927, this title presents a well-regarded study of this intriguing – and often over-looked – period of Egyptian history for the general reader as well as the student of Hellenism. Edwyn Bevan describes his work as ‘an attempt to tell afresh the story of a great adventure, Greek ...
A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By Henry A. Beers
October 05, 2015
First published in 1926, this title presents the great artistic and literary innovations of the Romantic movement according to an often overlooked and unacknowledged definition of ‘Romanticism’, which is of particular relevance in the consideration of the English Romantic spirit: pertaining to the ...
A John Donne Companion (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By Robert H. Ray
October 05, 2015
First published in 1990, this title provides a compendium of useful information for any reader of Donne to have at hand: crucial biographical material, historical contextualisation, and details about his life’s work. The intention throughout is to enhance understanding and appreciation, without ...
An Andrew Marvell Companion (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By Robert H. Ray
October 05, 2015
First published in 1998, this title provides for the reader of the renowned metaphysical poet and politician a valuable reference and resource volume. It is a compendium of useful information for any reader of Andrew Marvell, including crucial biographical material, historical contextualisation, ...