Books & Publishing

Avital Ronell's new book, Complaint, is not really about the recent harassment case, writes Scott McLemee. At the same time, it’s not exactly not about it.

Taylor & Francis says it dropped a journal for commercial reasons. But decision followed disputes between editors and the publisher.

Q&A with the co-editors of an anthology of essays on accreditation about new challenges for the college oversight bodies.

Co-author of new book discusses its critique of societal values, how young people are taught to think about the world and free exchange of ideas in higher education.

In Altered States of Consciousness: Experiences Out of Time and Self, Marc Wittmann underscores how little separates ordinary consciousness from other forms of it, writes Scott McLemee.

Philosophers object to a journal's publication of a term referring to radical feminists who don't necessarily count trans women among their ranks. Is it a slur?

An online textbook priced at almost $1,000 has infuriated students trying to navigate an already confusing textbook marketplace, but Louisiana-Lafayette officials insist they had "good intentions."

Author discusses her new study of how white children develop ideas about race.