Tag: Beef Brahmins and Broken Men

November 29, 2020

Take a Tour of Our AAR Virtual Exhibit with Wendy Lochner

Hi! I’m Wendy Lochner, the religion editor at Columbia University Press. Since the coronavirus pandemic has canceled fall conferences—SBL/AAR included—we are mounting virtual book exhibits on our blog to accompany our virtual booth. I will miss seeing so many friends...

November 9, 2020

Announcing Our 2020 Religion Catalog

Letter from the editor: With both sadness to miss seeing so many friends in person and great pleasure to share so many exciting new books, I present the Columbia University Press religion catalog for 2020. These titles, which span subjects...

March 17, 2020

New Book Tuesday! Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men; Just Like Us and more!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men An Annotated Critical Selection from The Untouchables B. R. Ambedkar. Edited and annotated by Alex George and S. Anand. With an introduction by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd....

March 10, 2020

Announcing our 2020 Asian Studies Catalog

Letter from the editors: Columbia University Press has a long history of bringing the Asian classics to an Anglophone audience. The books we present to you in this 2020 catalog continue that tradition, while also paying close attention to the...

February 19, 2020

Erasing History: A Conspiracy Against Equality

By Alex George and S. Anand

“Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men is that rare achievement, a work that combines meticulous historical scholarship. . . with a passionate, persuasive call to action.” ~Wendy Doniger, author of The Hindus: An Alternative History B. R. Ambedkar spent his life battling Untouchability and...

November 16, 2019

Announcing Our 2019-2020 Religion Catalog

Letter from the editor: It is with great pleasure that I present the Columbia University Press religion catalog for 2019–2020. These titles, which span subjects from philosophy of religion to South and East Asian religions American religions, and political theology,...