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May 24, 2013

Peter Sloterdijk on Foucault

Read an excerpt from Philosophical Temperaments in which Sloterdijk discusses the life, work, and legacy of French thinker Michel Foucault.

May 23, 2013

Thomas Doherty Helps to Rediscover a Lost Anti-Nazi Film

A recent post from the New Yorker‘s blog, Culture Desk tells the remarkable story of the rediscovery of the first American Anti-Nazi film. The long-lost film’s location was tracked down by Thomas Doherty, author of the recently published Hollywood and...

May 23, 2013

Peter Sloterdijk on Kierkegaard

Read an excerpt from Peter Sloterdijk’s Philosophical Temperaments in which he discusses the great Danish philosopher and theologian, Soren Kierkegaard.

May 22, 2013

Peter Sloterdijk on Plato

Read an excerpt from Peter Sloterdijk’s Philosophical Temperaments in which Sloterdijk looks at the thought of Plato.

May 22, 2013

Shivers Down Your Spine — Interview with Alison Griffiths

We are reposting an interview with Alison Griffiths, author of Shivers Down Your Spine: Cinemas, Museums, and the Immersive View (now available in paper!). Griffiths is associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Baruch College, City University of...

May 21, 2013

Creston Davis: "Analyzing Philosophy's Temperamental Symptom," the Foreword to Peter Sloterdijk's Philosophical Temperaments

Read the “Analyzing Philosophy’s Temperamental Symptom,” by Creston Davis, the foreword to Peter Sloterdijk’s Philosophical Temperaments.

May 21, 2013

New Book Tuesday: The Best Business Writing, The Matchmaker, The Discovery of Logic

Our weekly listing of new titles: The Best Business Writing 2013 Edited by Dean Starkman, Martha M. Hamilton, Ryan Chittum, and Felix Salmon The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan: More Stories of China Zhu Wen; translated by Julia...

May 20, 2013

Kenneth Waltz, 1924-2013

We were sad to learn of the death of Kenneth Waltz, who passed away last week at the age of 88. Waltz was a longtime professor at Columbia University, among other places, and was the author of Man, the State,...

May 17, 2013

University Press Roundup

Our weekly collection of the best blog posts from around the world of academic publishing.

May 17, 2013

The Robin Hood Foundation: An Introduction

Today, we will finish up our week featuring The Robin Hood Rules for Smart Giving, Michael M. Weinstein and Ralph M. Bradburd, with a post explaining what the Robin Hood Foundation is and how it attempts to address the problem...

May 16, 2013

James Franco Calls Uncreative Writing "Good"

We were delighted and pleasantly surprised to see that James Franco, the actor, writer, and doctoral candidate (among other things), recently featured a photo of Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age by Kenneth Goldsmith on his website. Below...