November 19, 2015

A Philosophical Side Path

Read an excerpt from the first chapter of A HEDONIST MANIFESTO: THE POWER TO EXIST, by Michel Onfray!

November 18, 2015

́́́Étienne Balibar on the Paris attacks: "In War"

Étienne Balibar’s recent article for openDemocracy in the wake of the Paris attacks.

November 17, 2015

Videos: Celebrating "Between Men" and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

The Center for the Humanities at CUNY has very graciously put up videos from the four different panels that convened around the publication of the Thirtieth Anniversary Edition of Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire, by Eve Kosofsky...

November 17, 2015

New Book Tuesday: Chomsky, Psychedelics and Religious Experiences, The Best American Magazine Writing, and More!

Our weekly listing of new books now available.

November 16, 2015

Book Giveaway! "Between Men," by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

One of our featured books this week is the thirtieth anniversary edition of “Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire,” by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

November 13, 2015

A Chronology of State Making and Capitalist Development in China

Read an excerpt from Ho-fung Hung’s chronology of the development of both capitalism and the state in China from the 16th to the 21st centuries from THE CHINA BOOM: WHY CHINA WILL NOT RULE THE WORLD.

November 13, 2015

The Russian Library Series: A #UPWeek 2015 Blog Tour Post

Read an interview with Christine Dunbar, who will be working on Columbia University Press’s exciting new Russian Library series of literature in translation, as part of the UP Week 2015 blog tour!

November 12, 2015

University Press Week 2015 Blog Tour Roundup, Day 4

The 2015 University Press Week blog tour is off to a great start, with more presses participating than ever before! As in previous years, a theme is selected for each weekday and various university presses sign up to post on...

November 12, 2015

Political Uncertainties in Post-miracle China

Read “Political Uncertainties in Post-miracle China,” an article by Ho-fung Hung, author of THE CHINA BOOM: WHY CHINA WILL NOT RULE THE WORLD.

November 11, 2015

University Press Week 2015 Blog Tour Roundup, Day 3

Our Roundup of the third day of the 2015 University Press Week blog tour!

November 11, 2015

China Steps Back

Read “China Steps Back,” an article by Ho-fung Hung, author of THE CHINA BOOM: WHY CHINA WILL NOT RULE THE WORLD.

November 10, 2015

University Press Week 2015 Blog Tour Roundup, Days 1 and 2

Our Roundup of the first two days of the 2015 University Press Week blog tour!