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Joseph Pomp

Editor for Critical Theory, Politics, Current Events

“I am acquiring books that break new ground in politics, critical theory, and cultural studies as well as those that offer original viewpoints on current events. I have recently signed authors writing about Native Americans and the Constitution, protests in Hong Kong, and our failing public schools. In all fields, I look for projects tackling political and philosophical questions with an international perspective. In critical theory, I seek both innovative new book projects and influential texts that have yet to appear in English.”

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Recent Harvard University Press Titles in Critical Theory, Politics, Current Events

Cover: Theory of the Gimmick: Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form, by Sianne Ngai, from Harvard University Press

Theory of the Gimmick: Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form
Sianne Ngai

Cover: Philosophy as Dialogue, by Hilary Putnam, edited by Mario De Caro and David Macarthur, from Harvard University Press

Philosophy as Dialogue
Hilary Putnam, edited by Mario De Caro and David Macarthur

Cover: Statelessness: A Modern History, by Mira L. Siegelberg, from Harvard University Press

Statelessness: A Modern History
Mira L. Siegelberg

Cover: Against Constitutionalism, by Martin Loughlin, from Harvard University Press

Against Constitutionalism
Martin Loughlin

Cover: Revolutionary Life: The Everyday of the Arab Spring, by Asef Bayat, from Harvard University Press

Revolutionary Life: The Everyday of the Arab Spring
Asef Bayat

Cover: After Nature: A Politics for the Anthropocene, by Jedediah Purdy, from Harvard University Press

After Nature: A Politics for the Anthropocene
Jedediah Purdy

Cover: Talk Radio’s America: How an Industry Took Over a Political Party That Took Over the United States, by Brian Rosenwald, from Harvard University Press

Talk Radio’s America: How an Industry Took Over a Political Party That Took Over the United States
Brian Rosenwald

Cover: From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America, by Elizabeth Hinton, from Harvard University Press

From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America
Elizabeth Hinton

Cover: The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap, by Mehrsa Baradaran, from Harvard University Press

The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
Mehrsa Baradaran

Cover: Rosewood: Endangered Species Conservation and the Rise of Global China, by Annah Lake Zhu, from Harvard University Press

Rosewood: Endangered Species Conservation and the Rise of Global China
Annah Lake Zhu

Cover: The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West, by Payal Arora, from Harvard University Press

The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West
Payal Arora

Cover: New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI, by Frank Pasquale, from Harvard University Press

New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI
Frank Pasquale

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