Center for New Narratives in Philosophy at Columbia

05/29/2022

Very excited that this important book will be coming before too long!

04/02/2022

Very excited to announce the arrival of the newest book in Oxford Philosophical Concepts. Karolina Hübner's wonderful Human: A History could not come at a better time. It illuminates "how our self-understanding as human evolved across time and place--from ancient Greek, classical Chinese, and medieval Arabic accounts of human nature to contemporary evolutionary theory." Great papers by top scholars. Thanks to Karolina who did a fab job and appropriately dedicated book to Charles Mills, who talked to me long ago about what might be included in such a book, and contributed a Reflection on Race and the Human. At 494 pages, it's a deal at $39.95!

What does it mean to be human? Is there something that makes us distinct from computers, other great apes, Martians, gods? Is there philosophical, ethical, or political value in continuing to think in terms of a common human nature? Or should we rather throw this concept into the dustbin of history?...

07/24/2021

Very excited about the newest book in Oxford Philosophical Concepts, WORLD SOUL, ed. by the fab scholar James Wilberding (Berlin). It's a metaphysical notion that has played a central role in the history of philosophy, but has not been properly understood. Just thinking about the brightness of the World Soul, forced me to get out my sunglasses. 🙀 Who wants to do a review of it?

05/09/2021

CNNP is proud to announce the publication of the latest book in Oxford Philosophical Concepts. Julia Jorati's collection, Power: A History is fab.

03/23/2021

CNNP's Director, Christia Mercer, publishes op-ed in New York's Daily News about the importance of education in prison.

Restrictions due to coronavirus have caused severe anguish for everyone. But the pain is exponentially worse for those hundreds of thousands of women and men trapped in U.S. state and federal prisons.

03/22/2021

The Center for New Narratives in Philosophy is delighted to announce Project Vox's newest addition, Mary Shepherd. Andrew Janiak and his team at Duke are contributing in so many ways to the attempt to rethink the canon. Thanks to Project Vox!!! http://projectvox.org/shepherd-1777-1847/

01/14/2021

The Center for New Narratives in Philosophy is so happy to have organized such rich scholarship and important philosophy in an APA session on Friday, 11-12:50. The wonderful Meena Krishnamurthy is going to publish an important new book on this topic in the Oxford New Histories of Philosophy that I'm editing with the fab Melvin Rogers.