August 2, 2023
Gary Dorrien— The Black social gospel tradition remains what Black historian Vincent Harding luminously called “a darkly radiant vision of America’s truth.”1 It began with Black churches that were born… READ MORE
July 11, 2023
The new edition of The Artist’s Reality, Mark Rothko’s revered book on artistic practice and philosophy, features an afterword written for this occasion by artist and award-winning author Makoto Fujimura, whose own… READ MORE
May 19, 2023
Janet Polasky— For centuries, refugees have been cast adrift, caught between nations. From the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions that scattered political foes across oceans at the end of the… READ MORE
May 15, 2023
Anthony T. Kronman— My parents were intelligent atheists. They had a battery of reasons for their disbelief. But as I eventually discovered, their disdain for religion was not the product… READ MORE
January 20, 2023
Bernard-Henri Lévy— Reporting . . . The first thought this word always brings to mind is universel reportage and the disdain in which France’s most exacting… READ MORE
January 10, 2023
Martin Heidegger’s sympathies for the conservative revolution and National Socialism have long been well known. But the 2014 publication of his “Black Notebooks” reveals a deeper and more radical ideology… READ MORE
December 19, 2022
Matthew Ichihashi Potts— In the weeks after George Floyd was murdered, when people were marching and protesting in cities across the United States, a video of author and activist Kimberly Jones went… READ MORE
December 5, 2022
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk to Matthew Ichihashi Potts about his new book, Forgiveness: An Alternative Account, a deeply researched and poignant reflection on… READ MORE
November 22, 2022
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk to author Vincent W. Lloyd about his new book, Black Dignity: The Struggle against Domination. In what might be… READ MORE
November 15, 2022
Black Dignity: The Struggle Against Domination exposes how Black dignity is the paradigm of all dignity and Black philosophy is the starting point of all philosophy. In what might be… READ MORE
The Abduction of a Professor: A True Crime Story