Book Series
Thinking in Action
New & Published Titles:
On Architecture
Architecture is a philosophical puzzle. Although we spend most of our time in buildings, we rarely reflect on what they mean or how we experience…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39619-6 (Routledge)
On the Internet
Can the internet solve the problem of mass education, and bring human beings to a new level of community? Drawing on a diverse array of…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77516-8 (Routledge)
On Criticism
In a recent poll of practicing art critics, 75 percent reported that rendering judgments on artworks was the least significant aspect of their job. This…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39621-9 (Routledge)
On Landscapes
There is no escaping landscape: it's everywhere and part of everyone's life. Landscapes have received much less attention in aesthetics than those arts we can…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99125-4 (Routledge)
On Waiting
'This is a quite remarkable book, a pleasure to read. Not only is it clear and informative but also by turns witty, melancholic and insightful.…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77507-6 (Routledge)
On Shame
Shame is one of a family of self-conscious emotions that includes embarrassment, guilt, disgrace, and humiliation. On Shame examines this emotion psychologically and philosophically, in…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39623-3 (Routledge)
On Translation
Paul Ricoeur was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this short and accessible book, he turns to a topic at…
read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35778-4 (Routledge)
On Education
What is education for? Should it produce workers or educate future citizens? Is there a place for faith schools - and should patriotism be taught?…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32790-9 (Routledge)
On the Human Condition
The potential to clone, augment, and repair human beings is pushing the very concept of the human to its limit. Fantasies and metaphors of a… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32796-1 (Routledge)
On the Political
Since September 11th, we frequently hear that political differences should be put aside: the real struggle is between good and evil. What does this mean… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-30521-1 (Routledge)
Series Details:
"Three of the first batch deserve high praise: On Immigration and Refugees, by the great logician (and campaigner for racial equality) Michael Dummett; On Belief, by that master of postmodern paradox, Slavoj Zizek; and On the Internet by Hubert L Dreyfus."
Boyd Tonkin, The Independent
"This is clearly an important series. I look forward to reading future volumes."
Frank Kermode, author of Shakespeare's Language
"Both rigorous and accessible."
Humanist News
"The series looks superb"
Quentin Skinner
"An excellent and beautiful series"
Ben Rogers, author of A. J. Ayer: A Life
"Routledge's Thinking in Action series is the theory junkie's answer to the eminently pocketable Penguin 60s series."
Mute Magazine
"Routledge's new series, Thinking in Action, brings philosophers to our aid."
The Evening Standard
"A welcome new series by Routledge."
Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society
Thinking in Action is a major series that takes philosophy to its public. Each book in the series is written by a major international philosopher or thinker, engages with an important contemporary topic, and is clearly and accessibly written. The series informs and sharpens debate on topics as wide ranging as the Internet, religion, the problem of immigration and refugees and the way we think about science. Punchy, short, and stimulating, Thinking in Action is an indispensable series of books for anyone who wants to think seriously about major issues confronting us today.