May 6, 2020

Book Excerpt! Unbearable Life, By Arthur Bradley (introduction)

“By way of Augustine, Shakespeare, Hobbes, Schmitt, and others, Unbearable Life presents us with a generalized martyrology, reading with unceasing insights the remarkable figures of Cacus and of Jephthah’s daughter, of Robespierre and the Zapatistas, in order to diagnose and...

May 6, 2020

New from Our Distributed Presses! Making Diabetes, Bouncing Back and more!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! transcript publishing From the Medical Humanities series Making Diabetes The Politics of Diabetes Diagnostics in Uganda Arlena Siobhan Liggins Kieran Maguire looks at the different ways in which professional football operates...

May 6, 2020

Book Giveaway! The Chile Pepper in China: A Cultural Autobiography, by Brian R. Dott

“Extensive source materials in both Chinese and English form the bedrock for this impressive study into how a relatively unassuming American import so radically changed one country’s cuisines and traditional pharmacopoeia. The history of the humble chile in China is...

May 5, 2020

New Book Tuesday! Downsizing, Infowhelm, On the Prowl and more!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! From the Literature Now series Infowhelm Environmental Art and Literature in an Age of Data Heather Houser Heather Houser explores the ways contemporary art manages environmental knowledge in the age of...

May 5, 2020

In the Leper Colony

By Arthur Bradley

“A conceptual passage of extreme interest that, by rethinking the performative role of negation, widens the boundaries of political ontology. The sources used—ancient, modern, and contemporary—place this work at the center of current philosophical and political debate.” ~Roberto Esposito, author...

May 4, 2020

Book Giveaway! Unbearable Life: A Genealogy of Political Erasure, by Arthur Bradley

“A conceptual passage of extreme interest that, by rethinking the performative role of negation, widens the boundaries of political ontology. The sources used—ancient, modern, and contemporary—place this work at the center of current philosophical and political debate.” ~Roberto Esposito, author...

May 1, 2020

Book Excerpt! Archives of Conjure, by Somilar Otero (introduction)

“Going beyond academic analysis and theorizing, Archives of Conjure highlights the power of ethnography that is an act of resistance and empowerment as well as sustenance for the researcher and the community. Otero’s own life experiences along with the experiences...

April 30, 2020

Yemayá, Water Logics, and Archives of Conjure in Afrolatinx Cultures

By Solimar Otero

“A poetic, fluid, and compelling book. By producing an ‘archive of conjure’ pieced together through interwoven elements of ethnography, literature, archival notations, bolero music, poetry, and other Afrolatinx inspirations, Solimar Otero provides humanities scholarship with a new, transdisciplinary technique and...

April 30, 2020

Book Excerpt! When Principles Pay, by Geoffrey Heal (preface)

“Geoffrey Heal’s scholarly work on environmental economics, the role of the state in economic life, and other contributions to economic analysis have been of great importance and wide reputation. He has now prepared a widely accessible yet careful and responsible...

April 29, 2020

How Damage to the Environment Leads to the Emergence of Previously Unknown Diseases

By Geoffrey Heal

“Geoffrey Heal’s scholarly work on environmental economics, the role of the state in economic life, and other contributions to economic analysis have been of great importance and wide reputation. He has now prepared a widely accessible yet careful and responsible...