Tag: Albena Azmanova

March 26, 2020

ISA 2020 Happy Hour Reads: New Books on Current Events

Welcome to day 2 of our ISA 2020 virtual booth! Caelyn Cobb started the afternoon off with a tour of our books on current events and now we’re delving deeper with these book excerpts. So once again, grab a drink...

March 26, 2020

Join Caelyn Cobb on a Tour of Our New Books in Current Events

If I was at our International Studies Association (ISA) booth right now, I’d probably be fielding a dozen questions like, “What do you have about [insert current event here]?’ The great thing about this field is that you folks are...

December 10, 2019

New Book Tuesday! Peace on Our Terms, Capitalism on Edge, The Ferrante Letters and more!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! From the Columbia Studies in International and Global History series Peace on Our Terms The Global Battle for Women’s Rights After the First World War Mona L. Siegel Peace on Our...

April 9, 2014

The EU: A Dictatorship of Freedoms (Part 2) — Albena Azmonova

The following is part two of a post by Albena Azmanova, author of The Scandal of Reason: A Critical Theory of Political Judgment. You can read the first half of the post here. “The grievances against austerity that are now...

April 8, 2014

The EU: A Dictatorship of Freedoms (Part 1) — Albena Azmonova

The following is part one of a post by Albena Azmanova, author of The Scandal of Reason: A Critical Theory of Political Judgment. We will post part two tomorrow. Azmanova will be speaking at The New School tonight at 6...

December 3, 2012

Author Events for the Week of December 3: Action Movies, Drinks, China, and More!

From Dublin to Los Angeles and from action movies to the future of China, Columbia University Press authors will be discussing their works. Here’s a look at the who, when, and where of author events this week. (For a full...

April 4, 2012

Political Philosophy and Real Politics: Part III of an interview with Albena Azmanova, author of “The Scandal of Reason”

“[Through public discussion,] we can learn how we are all complicit in the production of social injustice, even when we appear to be victims. ” – Albena Azmanova Albena Azmanova is the author of The Scandal of Reason: A Critical...

April 3, 2012

Political Philosophy and Real Politics: Part II of an interview with Albena Azmanova, author of “The Scandal of Reason”

“Preoccupation with economic redistribution, gender equality, cultural diversity, and action against sexual harassment appeared all too smug to me when set against the evils of life under political oppression and bankrupt economic systems” – Albena Azmanova Albena Azmanova is the...

April 2, 2012

Political Philosophy and Real Politics: An interview with Albena Azmanova, author of "The Scandal of Reason"

“Ideal theories of justice only stand in the way of sound judgment.” –Albena Azmanova Albena Azmanova is the author of The Scandal of Reason: A Critical Theory of Political Judgment. This post is the first of a three-part series we...