Tag: Coronavirus Pandemic

December 9, 2020

New From the Association for Asian Studies The Pandemic

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Association for Asian Studies The Pandemic Perspectives on Asia Edited by Vinayak Chaturvedi This collection of essays provides analyses of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia. It covers the first phase of...

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 10, 2020

Book Launch! David Lawler and Jeffrey D. Sachs on Globalization, Pandemics, Mass Protests, and Environmental Crisis

 Today’s most urgent problems are fundamentally global. They require nothing less than concerted, planet wide action if we are to secure a long-term future. But humanity’s story has always been on a global scale. In The Ages of Globalization:...

May 28, 2020

COVID-19: War or Virus?
by Sunny Xiang

“Tonal Intelligence is smart and theoretically sophisticated. The book marks a significant contribution to work in Asian American and Asian studies, studies of twentieth-century literature and culture, theories of form and affect, and transpacific studies of late twentieth-century Asia.” ~Denise...

May 13, 2020

Postpandemic Hopes

By Michael Symons

“As an academic economist and former chef, this is a book I wish I had written. Symons’s work provides a unique contribution through its fusion of philosophy, economics, and food, arguing for the need to reject the acquisitive self-interest ethos...

May 5, 2020

In the Leper Colony

By Arthur Bradley

“A conceptual passage of extreme interest that, by rethinking the performative role of negation, widens the boundaries of political ontology. The sources used—ancient, modern, and contemporary—place this work at the center of current philosophical and political debate.” ~Roberto Esposito, author...

April 16, 2020

Why Stakeholder Capitalism Is a Good Bet in Times of Crisis

By Georgia Levenson Keohane

“Capital and the Common Good shows we are living in a time where financial tools can expand to solve some of the world’s most vexing problems. This book is packed with information and inspiration.” ~Robert J. Shiller, Nobel Laureate in...

April 8, 2020

Reading List: Understanding the Pandemic Present

The global pandemic has left many of us with questions. Amid these uncertain times, you may be looking for information and resources about our emergency preparedness strategies, healthcare systems, essential workers, past pandemics, and more. We’ve compiled this list of...

April 8, 2020

Three Lessons from COVID-19 for the Next Pandemic: The State, Companies, and Civil Society

By Mark L. Clifford

“In this well-researched and ultimately optimistic account, Mark L. Clifford makes the case that environmental policies ‘can and must be fixed’ and gives us examples of companies that have worked to find private-sector solutions. In doing so, he sheds much-needed...

April 6, 2020

Getting a Handle on the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Geoffrey C. Kabat

“Geoffrey Kabat’s vital, wide-ranging book cannot have arrived at a more fortuitous time. . . Everyone should read his analysis—at once clear-eyed, thoughtful, and beautifully written—to understand the nature of risk. I cannot overstate the importance of this book.” ~Siddhartha...

April 3, 2020

Hospice of the Creative Class

By Alex Sayf Cummings

“From tobacco and plow to computer and creative economy, this rich and eloquent history shows how a group of civic leaders put rural North Carolina at the forefront of the postindustrial revolution. In California, they say Silicon Valley is one...