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July 3, 2020

Book Excerpt! Conspiring with the Enemy, by Yvonne Chiu (preface)

“Chiu shows that the ethic of cooperation in warfare is a major normative feature of war-fighting, today as well as in the distant past. Other writers on just war theory sometimes drop hints of this, but the great accomplishment of...

July 2, 2020

Q&A: Idan Landau and Noam Chomsky on Anarchism on the Ground

“Noam Chomsky launches this remarkable discussion with the age old question, “What kind of creatures are we?” Thus begins an extended inquiry into human cognition that takes him from the ancients to contemporary theorists of language and science, to politics.”...

July 1, 2020

Why Enemies Cooperate in Times of War

By Yvonne Chiu


“War is the fiercest form of human competition, yet it often involves cooperation among adversaries, even as they try to slaughter one other. Drawing on an impressive survey of military history—ancient and modern, Eastern and Western—Yvonne Chiu distinguishes among numerous...

July 1, 2020

New from Our Distributed Presses! The Japanese Economy and European Studies

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Agenda Publishing From the World Economies series The Japanese Economy Hiroaki Richard Watanabe Hiroaki Richard Watanabe examines the ups and downs of Japan’s postwar economic history to offer an up-to-date and...

June 30, 2020

Author Event! Join Lionel Barber in Conversation with Gilles Kepel

https://cupblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/In-Conversation-With-Globe-Book.mp4 Provocative discussions on the global issues of our time with world-class scholars, authors, and thought leaders The Middle East is one of the world’s most volatile regions. In recent years, it has presented key international security challenges, from the...

June 30, 2020

New Book Tuesday! Measuring the Effects of Racism, China’s Fintech Explosion, and Universality and Identity Politics

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Measuring the Effects of Racism Guidelines for the Assessment and Treatment of Race-Based Traumatic Stress Injury Robert T. Carter and Alex L. Pieterse A large body of research has established a...

June 30, 2020

Q&A: Idan Landau and Noam Chomsky on Mysterianism and Free Will

“Noam Chomsky is arguably the most influential thinker of our time, having made seminal contributions to linguistics and philosophy, as well as political and social thought. In one succinct and powerfully argued volume, he presents a synthesis of his key...

June 30, 2020

In Memoriam: Milton Glaser (1929-2020)

We are very sad to learn of the recent passing of legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser. Columbia University Press was fortunate to be the publisher of Mag Men: Fifty Years of Making Magazines, which Milton co-authored with Walter Bernard. In...

June 29, 2020

Q&A: Idan Landau and Noam Chomsky on Mind and Matter

“Chomsky’s writings invariably reflect the force of intellect and cogency of thought that befits one of the greatest thinkers of our times—this work is no exception.” ~Robert May, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy & Linguistics, University of California, Davis Noam Chomsky,...

June 25, 2020

The Other Pandemics: Air Pollution and Climate Change

By John Whysner


“The field of toxicology has become increasingly sophisticated as our knowledge of biology continues to evolve. As a scientist, it is enjoyable to read how John Whysner presents the information, and I have no doubt that the general public and...

June 24, 2020

The Removal of Confederate Monuments in Public Locations

By Fred Evans


“This book is a critically needed study in political aesthetics addressing complex connections between democracy, citizenship, and public art. Its systematic analysis and criticism of selected artistic projects, and ideas from such thinkers on democracy as Badiou, Derrida, Deutsche, Fraser,...

June 24, 2020

New from Our Distributed Presses! Realms of Royalty

Our weekly list of new books is now available! transcript publishing Realms of Royalty New Directions in Researching Contemporary European Monarchies Edited by Christina Jordan and Imke Polland Monarchies are constantly adapting to the challenges of contemporary society—consequently, research on...

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