September 17, 2020

Book Review: Basic Literacy in Toxicology

Lawrence P. Riff

Review of The Alchemy of Disease: How Chemicals and Toxins: Cause Cancer and Other Illness, by John Whysner, as published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal. • • • • • • In the age of Covid-19, we are all...

September 16, 2020

New From Our Distributed Presses! Superpowers of Scale

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Columbia Books on Architecture and the City Superpowers of Scale Andres Jaque Documenting a series of performances, research projects, installations, films, characters, and exhibitions, Superpowers of Scale demonstrates the breadth of architectural knowledge...

September 15, 2020

New Book Tuesday! Desolation and Enlightenment

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Desolation and Enlightenment Political Knowledge After Total War, Totalitarianism, and the Holocaust, anniversary edition Ira Katznelson In this major intellectual history, Ira Katznelson examines the works of Hannah Arendt, Robert Dahl,...

September 15, 2020

George Kallander on Na Man’gap’s The Diary of 1636

“The Diary of 1636 is a fascinating firsthand description of the turmoil and difficulties in Chosŏn Korea during the second Manchu invasion. George Kallander’s engaging and highly readable translation provides an understanding of the Chosŏn response to the invasions, internal power struggles,...

September 13, 2020

The Rebirth of Praxis

By Bernard E. Harcourt

“With his typical combination of erudition, eloquent argument, and theoretical clarity, Bernard Harcourt now gives us a complete account of his reading of contemporary critical philosophy, articulating it with immediate issues in the field of human rights and democratic politics....

September 13, 2020

Q&A Sam Jackson on Oath Keepers

“A groundbreaking study of how antigovernment extremism is reaching new audiences with fear-based stories that call supporters to vigilante action. Oath Keepers is a must-read for anyone concerned with this growing threat to the foundations of democratic governance.” ~Kathleen Blee, author of...

September 12, 2020

Browse Books in Global Politics with Caelyn Cobb

The world may be on pause, but politics—and the study of it—continues apace. From gender and globalization to comparative politics and methodology, the global politics list at Columbia University Press is here to help you keep up. This spring saw...

September 12, 2020

Book Giveaway! Stories from the Field

“The breadth of life experience captured in this collection is the reason this volume has great pedagogical potential. A lot of graduate students will flip to find their academic heroes and crushes and then keep reading. Authors are writing with...

September 11, 2020

Bernard E. Harcourt Asks, “Can Critical Theory Change the World?”

 “Today the paradigm has shifted and praxis must be posed as subjectivation. If before the problem consisted in responding to ‘What is to be done?,’ today the question is ‘What more am I to do?’ Harcourt thus transforms critical...

September 11, 2020

Browse Books in Political Theory with Wendy Lochner

Hi, I’m Wendy Lochner, the editor responsible for political theory and political philosophy. By now you know that we are participating in the virtual APSA meeting, introducing new books, posting new author blogs and videos, and offering discounts and book...