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September 28, 2020

Martin V. Melosi on Garbage and Climate Change

“Fresh Kills frames Staten Island’s iconic landfill as not just a repository for solid waste but also a monument to consumer culture. This is an immensely readable and valuable book by a distinguished scholar of environmental history.” ~Michael Rawson, author...

September 28, 2020

Announcing our 2020-2021 Philosophy Catalog

Letter from the Philosophy Editor: It is with great pleasure that I present the Columbia University Press philosophy catalog for 2020. These titles, which span subjects from critical theory to political philosophy to philosophy of religion, aesthetics, environmental and animal...

September 23, 2020

New from Agenda Publishing! Finntopia

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Agenda Publishing Finntopia What We Can Learn from the World’s Happiest Country Danny Dorling and Annika Koljonen In the quest for the best of all possible societies, Danny Dorling and Annika...

September 22, 2020

New Book Tuesday! Bombay Hustle, Quality Shareholders, and more!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! From the Film and Culture series Bombay Hustle Making Movies in a Colonial City Debashree Mukherjee Bombay Hustle presents an ambitious history of Indian cinema as a history of material practice, bringing...

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

Sam Jackson on Oath Keepers

Sam Jackson discusses the formation and purpose of the Oath Keepers, an influential antigovernment group and a significant player in the broader American militia movement that advocates for the defense of constitutional rights against perceived threats from the federal government. Jackson highlights how the Oath Keepers draw on historical context to justify their actions and how their controversial actions underscore their confrontational stance and commitment to their cause. Despite their claims of rejecting racism, the Oath Keepers face ideological scrutiny due to their connections with far-right ideologies.

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...