April 30, 2013

Read the Introduction of Animal Oppression and Human Violence

Read the introduction to David A. Nibert’s Animal Oppression and Human Violence.

April 30, 2013

New Book Tuesday: Robin Hood Rules for Smart Giving, Mothers in Academia, and More New Titles!

The following books are now available: The Robin Hood Rules for Smart Giving Michael M. Weinstein and Ralph M. Bradburd Mothers in Academia Edited by Mari Castañeda and Kirsten Isgro Self and Emotional Life: Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, and Neuroscience Adrian Johnston...

April 26, 2013

University Press Roundup

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

April 25, 2013

Vivien Gornitz — Welcome to the Anthropocene

“To forestall these rapid planetary transformations from bringing civiliza­tion to the brink requires a solution to the impending climate and environ­mental crisis that transcends short-term fixes. It calls for a major paradigm shift.”—Vivien Gornitz In the following excerpt from Rising...

April 24, 2013

Vivien Gornitz on Rising Sea Levels in NYC

In the following excerpt from Rising Seas: Past, Present, Future, Vivien Gornitz examines how New York City is reacting to and planning for the possibility of flooding due to rising seas. (To read the excerpt in a full screen, click...

April 23, 2013

Vivien Gornitz — Toward an Aquatic Future

“Could future greenhouse gas-induced global warming push the Earth’s climate system into an unstable mode, triggering a catastrophic meltdown of the polar ice sheets?”—Vivien Gornitz The follow post is from Vivien Gornitz, author of Rising Seas: Past, Present, Future. Superstorm...

April 22, 2013

Interview with Christopher Collins, Author of Paleopoetics

“When we feel powerfully moved by what words do to us, I think it’s because we’ve entered into some deeper, older part of us, a place of wisdom and wholeness that is preverbal, even prehuman.”—Christopher Collins The following is an...

April 22, 2013

Book Giveaway: "Rising Seas: Past, Present, Future" by Vivien Gornitz

This week our featured book is Rising Seas: Past, Present, Future, by Vivien Gornitz. Throughout the week, we will be featuring the books and their editors on our blog as well as on our Twitter feed, and on our Facebook...

April 19, 2013

University Press Roundup

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

April 19, 2013

Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp – The Dalai Lamas and the Origins of Reincarnate Lamas

Read “The Dalai Lamas and the Origins of Reincarnate Lamas,” by Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp, excerpted from The Tibetan History Reader.

April 18, 2013

Santiago Zabala – Out of Network: The Art of Filippo Minelli

Read “Out of Network: The Art of Filippo Minelli,” an op-ed by Santiago Zabala, which appeared in the New York Times blog, The Stone.

April 18, 2013

The Epic of King Gesar

A few excerpts from the Epic of King Gesar, “often described as the Tibetan national epic and as the longest poem in the world,” taken from Sources of Tibetan Tradition.