Monthly Archive: September, 2020

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

Video: 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...

September 10, 2020

Book Launch: Critique & Praxis

Canceled! We are all mourning the loss of the great Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and extend to her family our deepest condolences. #StreetRidersNYC are not riding.Let’s meet instead today at the vigil for RBG in NYC. Time & location will be...

September 10, 2020

Heath Brown on Homeschooling the Right

“In this exciting book, Heath Brown enlarges our understanding of conservative public policies and their relation to American political development, helps situate the homeschooling movement within the larger “New Right” enterprise, and offers a novel theory of conservative freedom policies...

September 10, 2020

Take a Tour of Our APSA 2020 Virtual Booth with Stephen Wesley

Hello and welcome to the Columbia University Press virtual exhibit booth for this year’s meeting of the American Political Science Association. We would have loved to see you in San Francisco, but so long as the coronavirus pandemic is with...

September 9, 2020

New From Our Distributed Presses! Quantitative Easing, ohpikinâwasowin/Growing a Child, Being a Parent in the Field and more!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Agenda Publishing From the Finance Matters series Quantitative Easing Jonathan Ashworth This book offers a thorough and perspicacious analysis of QE, what has become a recovery method of last resort, and...