Monthly Archive: May, 2013

May 31, 2013

University Press Roundup: Mingus, Barbecue, Obama, a Gay Gatsby, and More.

Our weekly roundup of some of the best from university press blogs: Like barbecue? Looking for a summer vacation? The University of Texas Press’s Barbecue Crossroads: Notes and Recipes from a Southern Odyssey recounts the authors’ enlightening journey as well...

May 30, 2013

News from Columbia Business School Publishing

It’s been a good past few days for titles from Columbia Business School Publishing with several notable reviews: Success recently wrote about the soon-to-be-published Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks: One CEO’s Quest for Meaning and Authenticity, by August Turak....

May 29, 2013

Interview with Stephanie Hepburn, author of Human Trafficking Around the World: Hidden in Plain Sight

The following is an interview with Stephanie Hepburn, coauthor (with Rita Simon) of Human Trafficking Around the World: Hidden in Plain Sight (For more on the book, you can also watch a video of Stephanie Hepburn discussing the book.): Question:...

May 28, 2013

New Book Tuesday: Me Medicine, Nutritionism, German Jihad, Immigrant New York, and More New Titles

New titles now available: Me Medicine vs. We Medicine: Reclaiming Biotechnology for the Common Good Donna Dickenson Nutritionism: The Science and Politics of Dietary Advice Gyorgy Scrinis German Jihad: On the Internationalization of Islamist Terrorism Guido W. Steinberg One Out...

May 24, 2013

University Press Roundup

Our weekly collection of the best blog posts from around the world of academic publishing.

May 24, 2013

Peter Sloterdijk on Foucault

Read an excerpt from Philosophical Temperaments in which Sloterdijk discusses the life, work, and legacy of French thinker Michel Foucault.

May 23, 2013

Thomas Doherty Helps to Rediscover a Lost Anti-Nazi Film

A recent post from the New Yorker‘s blog, Culture Desk tells the remarkable story of the rediscovery of the first American Anti-Nazi film. The long-lost film’s location was tracked down by Thomas Doherty, author of the recently published Hollywood and...

May 23, 2013

Peter Sloterdijk on Kierkegaard

Read an excerpt from Peter Sloterdijk’s Philosophical Temperaments in which he discusses the great Danish philosopher and theologian, Soren Kierkegaard.

May 22, 2013

Peter Sloterdijk on Plato

Read an excerpt from Peter Sloterdijk’s Philosophical Temperaments in which Sloterdijk looks at the thought of Plato.

May 22, 2013

Shivers Down Your Spine — Interview with Alison Griffiths

We are reposting an interview with Alison Griffiths, author of Shivers Down Your Spine: Cinemas, Museums, and the Immersive View (now available in paper!). Griffiths is associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Baruch College, City University of...

May 21, 2013

Creston Davis: "Analyzing Philosophy's Temperamental Symptom," the Foreword to Peter Sloterdijk's Philosophical Temperaments

Read the “Analyzing Philosophy’s Temperamental Symptom,” by Creston Davis, the foreword to Peter Sloterdijk’s Philosophical Temperaments.

May 21, 2013

New Book Tuesday: The Best Business Writing, The Matchmaker, The Discovery of Logic

Our weekly listing of new titles: The Best Business Writing 2013 Edited by Dean Starkman, Martha M. Hamilton, Ryan Chittum, and Felix Salmon The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan: More Stories of China Zhu Wen; translated by Julia...