November 20, 2014

Thursday Fiction Corner: Julia Kristeva and St. Teresa

Today’s fiction corner features Julia Kristeva’s new novel Teresa, My Love: An Imagined Life of the Saint of Avila. While Kristeva first made her name as a philosopher and critic, she has also written several novels, including Murder in Byzantium...

November 19, 2014

The Seven Things Obama Can Do to confront the New Censorship

The following post is by Joel Simon, author of The New Censorship: Inside the Global Battle for Media Freedom: The New Censorship: Inside the Global Battle for Media covers events and trends from an international perspective. But some of the...

November 19, 2014

Marc Lynch on the Arab Uprisings and Their Aftermath

“The pan-Arab revolutionary unity of early 2011 has long since given way to sectarianism, polarization between Islamists and their enemies, and horror over the relentless images of death and despair in Syria, Iraq and Libya.”—March Lynch In The Arab Uprisings...

November 18, 2014

An Interview with Joel Simon, author of The New Censorship

“This is the most deadly and dangerous time for journalists in decades”—Joel Simon The following is an interview with Joel Simon, author of The New Censorship: Inside the Global Battle for Media Freedom. On November 11 at Book Court in...

November 18, 2014

New Book Tuesday: Best Business Writing, Coney Island, and More!

Our weekly listing of new titles now available: The Best Business Writing 2014 Edited by Dean Starkman, Martha M. Hamilton, and Ryan Chittum A Coney Island Reader: Through Dizzy Gates of Illusion Edited by Louis J. Parascandola and John Parascandola...

November 17, 2014

Sex and World Peace: What’s Next

“Empower women and you enhance security in all its dimensions. Disempower women, and you undermine that security.”—Valerie Hudson The following post if written by Valerie Hudson, co-author of Sex and World Peace. My co-authors and I are very grateful that...

November 14, 2014

Francisco Varela and Waking, Dreaming, Being

Read an excerpt of an interview with Evan Thompson from the Wild River Review in which he discusses the influence of Francisco Varela on WAKING, DREAMING, BEING.

November 14, 2014

The University Press Roundup Manifesto: A #UPWeek 2014 Blog Tour Post

Read the reasoning behind our long-running University Press Roundup post series.

November 13, 2014

Waking, Dreaming, Being

Read a blog post by Evan Thompson on the importance of dreaming in his own work and in the construction of a coherent concept of a “self.”

November 12, 2014

Joseph Stiglitz and Others Help to Launch the Kenneth J. Arrow Series

Next week there will be two great events relating to the Arrow Lectures and our book series. Both events are free and open to the public: On Monday, November 17th, Columbia University Faculty House will be hosting a book launch...

November 12, 2014

Evan Thompson talks to Tricycle Magazine

Read an interview with WAKING, DREAMING, BEING author Evan Thompson, excerpted from Tricycle Magazine.

November 11, 2014

The Dalai Lama’s Conjecture

Read the final section of Evan Thompson’s prologue to WAKING, DREAMING, BEING, cross-posted from the Mind & Life Institute.