Category: Politics

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...

August 25, 2020

Announcing our 2020-2021 Politics and International Affairs Catalog

Letter from the editors: The year 2020 has been one of unprecedented political challenges, and we are pleased to offer here some new books that may help make sense of them. Our political theory list features some timely books that...

August 24, 2020

Q & A: Natural Disaster Recovery Experts on Responding to COVID-19

COVID-19 has presented new challenges for leaders at all levels, forcing many to reconsider their emergency management processes. What are the impacts of the current public health crisis on disaster preparedness and community planning, and what will it take to...

August 6, 2020

Author Event! Join Steve Coll in Conversation with Mary Kaldor and Saskia Sassen

Chaired by Safwan M. Masri

Provocative discussions on the global issues of our time with world-class scholars, authors, and thought leaders Tuesday, August 1112:00 – 1:00 PM EDT5:00 – 6:00 PM GMT +17:00 – 8:00 PM GMT +3 Register Warfare in the twenty-first century goes...

August 4, 2020

The Other Corona Crisis: The Anger It’s Going to Unleash Once It’s Over

By Mark Blyth

“With considerable sophistication and a good dose of humour, this book dissects the popular anger that has made our economics unsustainable and our politics dysfunctional. Lonergan and Blyth rightly call for a reset of our current model of capitalism. To...

July 24, 2020

Book Excerpt! Universality and Identity Politics (introduction)

“Against the many theories conflating universality with positive content and violent oppression, Universality and Identity Politics illustrates how movements beyond the particular are indispensable for solidarity. Ceaseless catastrophes now rain down; McGowan boldly underwrites new political imaginings of equality and freedom.” ~Anna...

July 23, 2020

Where Is the Universal?

By Todd McGowan

“Passionately yet patiently argued, Universality and Identity Politics looks back at earlier debates surrounding the universal and mounts fresh defenses of it. More than timely, this book writes to the moment.” ~Joan Copjec, author of Imagine There’s No Woman: Ethics...

June 5, 2020

We Stand in Solidarity with All Those Peacefully Protesting Injustice

Columbia University Press strongly condemns the unjust killing of George Floyd and the deaths of many who went before him. We protest the systemic racism that plagues our country, and we must dedicate ourselves to eradicating it. We stand in...