Category: Philosophy

March 27, 2019

Book Excerpt! Where Are the Women? (introduction)

“In this bold book, Sarah Tyson revamps the feminist reclamation project to redress not merely exclusion, but all manners of exclusive inclusion. Whether you have never thought of, are inclined not to think of, or are enthusiastic about the thought...

March 25, 2019

Q&A: Sarah Tyson on Where Are the Women?: Why Expanding the Archive Makes Philosophy Better

“In this bold book, Sarah Tyson revamps the feminist reclamation project to redress not merely exclusion, but all manners of exclusive inclusion. Whether you have never thought of, are inclined not to think of, or are enthusiastic about the thought...

September 30, 2018

International Translation Day

Today, September 30th, isn’t just the last day of National Translation Month it is also International Translation Day. International Translation Day is a day to celebrate language professionals and the work that they do. Here on the Columbia University Press...

February 14, 2018

Wednesday Excerpt: Ethical Loneliness (An Introduction)

“Ethical Loneliness names and explores a dynamic of loneliness that forms the experience of being a citizen for many. It’s an essential frame for understanding feelings of abandonment.” Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen: An American Lyric Recently released in paperback, Ethical Loneliness: The...

September 16, 2017

Why Only Art Can Save Us, Part II

Read an interview with Santiago Zabala, author of WHY ONLY ART CAN SAVE US: AESTHETICS AND THE ABSENCES OF EMERGENCY.

September 15, 2017

Why Only Art Can Save Us, Part I

Read an interview with Santiago Zabala, author of WHY ONLY ART CAN SAVE US: AESTHETICS AND THE ABSENCES OF EMERGENCY.

August 18, 2017

It Is an Entire World That Has Disappeared

Read the afterword to EXTINCTION STUDIES: STORIES OF TIME, DEATH, AND GENERATIONS, edited by Deborah Bird Rose, Thom van Dooren, and Matthew Chrulew, with a foreword by Cary Wolfe!

August 17, 2017

Telling Extinction Stories

Read the introduction to EXTINCTION STUDIES: STORIES OF TIME, DEATH, AND GENERATIONS, edited by Deborah Bird Rose, Thom van Dooren, and Matthew Chrulew, with a foreword by Cary Wolfe!

August 16, 2017

Dreaming of Energy Otherwise

Read an article the different kinds of energy by Michael Marder, author of ENERGY DREAMS: OF ACTUALITY!

August 15, 2017

The Meaning of “Clean Energy”

Read an article on “clean energy” by Michael Marder, author of ENERGY DREAMS: OF ACTUALITY!

August 14, 2017

Introducing Energy Dreams

Read an excerpt from the first chapter of ENERGY DREAMS: OF ACTUALITY, by Michael Marder!

July 28, 2017

Horror, Disbelief, and Shame

Read an excerpt from the chapter on Huey Newton from STRUGGLE ON THEIR MINDS: THE POLITICAL THOUGHT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN RESISTANCE, by Alex Zamalin!