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Spring 2021 CHICAGO International Edition ACMRS PRESS 219 ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PRESSES 283 AUTUMN HOUSE PRESS 194 BARD GRADUATE CENTER 165 BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY PRESS 168 CAMPUS VERLAG 256 CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY PRESS 185 CAVANKERRY PRESS 190 CSLI PUBLICATIONS 281 CONTENTS DIAPHANES 244 EPFL PRESS 275 General Interest 1 GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY PRESS 284 Academic Trade 19 GINGKO LIBRARY 202 Trade Paperbacks 29 HAU 237 Special Interest 39 ITER PRESS 263 Paperbacks 106 KAROLINUM PRESS, CHARLES UNIVERSITY PRAGUE 206 Distributed Books 118 KOÇ UNIVERSITY PRESS 240 Author Index 288 MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN WARSAW 160 Title Index 290 NEW ISSUES POETRY AND PROSE 183 Guide to Subjects 292 OMNIDAWN PUBLISHING, INC. 177 Ordering Information Inside back cover PRICKLY PARADIGM PRESS 236 RENAISSANCE SOCIETY 163 SEAGULL BOOKS 118 SMART MUSEUM OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 161 TENOV BOOKS 164 UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA PRESS 213 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS 1 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI PRESS 199 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS The Subversive Simone Weil A Life in Five Ideas Robert Zaretsky Distinguished literary biographer Robert Zaretsky upends our thinking on Simone Weil, bringing us a woman and a philosopher who is complicated and challenging, while remaining incredibly relevant. Known as the “patron saint of all outsiders,” Simone Weil (1909–43) was one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable thinkers, a philos- opher who truly lived by her political and ethical ideals. In a short life MARCH framed by the two world wars, Weil taught philosophy to lycée students 200 p. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 and organized union workers, fought alongside anarchists during the ISBN-13: 978-0-226-54933-0 Spanish Civil War and labored alongside workers on assembly lines, Cloth $20.00/£16.00 joined the Free French movement in London and died in despair BIOGRAPHY PHILOSOPHY because she was not sent to France to help the Resistance. “Zaretsky’s work is unfailingly elo- Though Weil published little during her life, after her death quent, fascinating, and relevant. In hundreds of pages of her manuscripts, thanks largely to the eorts of treating both her life and her writ- Albert Camus, were published to critical and popular acclaim. While ings, The Subversive Simone Weil dis- many seekers have been attracted to Weil’s religious thought, Robert plays a subject who, by going too far Zaretsky’s book gives us a dierent Weil, exploring her insights into toward goodness, reminds so many of politics and ethics and showing us a new side of Weil that balances her us that we have not gone far enough. contradictions—the rigorous rationalist who also had her own brand In Zaretsky’s hands, her courage of Catholic mysticism; the revolutionary with a soft spot for anarchism stands as a complicated but necessary yet who believed in the hierarchy of labor; and the humanitarian who lesson for us all.”—Todd May, author emphasized human needs and obligations over human rights. Reflect- of A Decent Life: Morality for the Rest ing on the relationship between thought and action in Weil’s life, The of Us Subversive Simone Weil honors the complexity of Weil’s thought and speaks to why it matters and continues to fascinate readers today. Robert Zaretsky is the author of Boswell’s Enlightenment, A Life Worth Living: Albert Camus and the Pursuit for Meaning, and Catherine & Diderot: The Empress, the Philosopher, and the Fate of the Enlight- enment, among other books. A frequent contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Times Literary Supplement, Los Angeles Review of Books, and the Chronicle of Higher Education, he lives in Houston with his wife, children, and assorted pets. general interest 1 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS Animals’ Best Friends Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity and in the Wild Barbara J. King Warmly written and scientifically informed, Animals’ Best Friends is the invitation we all need to improve the lives of nonhuman animals among us—and thereby improve our own. MARCH As people learn more about animals’ inner lives—the intricacies 280 p. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 of their thoughts and the emotions that are expressed every day by ISBN-13: 978-0-226-60148-9 whales and cows, octopus and mice, even bees—we feel a growing Cloth $25.00/£20.00 compassion. But how do we translate this compassion into helping NATURE other creatures, both those that are and are not our pets? Animals’ Best Friends reveals the opportunities we have in everyday life to help “A stunning and deeply beautiful animals in our homes, in the wild, in zoos, and in science labs, as well accomplishment. Required reading.” as those considered to be food. —Jeff VanderMeer, author of the New York Times–bestselling South- Barbara J. King, an expert on animal cognition and emotion, ern Reach Trilogy guides us on a journey both animal and deeply human. We meet cows living relaxed lives in an animal sanctuary—and cows with plastic “A guiding light . to caring people portals in their sides at a university research station. We observe bison everywhere who hope to bring the free-roaming at Yellowstone National Park and chimpanzees confined power of human empathy to the choices we make that affect animals’ to zoos. We reflect on animal testing as King shares her own experi- lives.”—Sy Montgomery, author of ence as a cancer survivor. And in a moment all too familiar, we recover The Soul of an Octopus from a close encounter with two spiders. King makes no claims of personal perfection. Though an animal expert, she is just like the rest “King describes her own moral dilem- of us: on a journey still, learning each day how to be better, and do bet- mas and the personal solutions she has ter, for animals. But as Animals’ Best Friends makes clear, challenging found, always with love and respect choices can bring deep rewards. By turning compassion into action on shining through.”—Frans de Waal, behalf of animals, we not only improve animals’ lives—we also immea- author of Mama’s Last Hug surably enrich our own. After twenty-eight years of teaching anthropology at the College of Wil- liam and Mary, Barbara J. King retired early to become a science writer and public speaker. The most recent of her seven books are Personalities on the Plate and How Animals Grieve, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Her TED talk on animal love and grief is available online at https://www.ted.com/speakers/barbara_j_king. She lives in Wicomico, VA. 2 general interest THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS Big Med Megaproviders and the High Cost of Health Care in America David Dranove and Lawton Robert Burns Big Med is all around us, and bigger is not better. In fact, it’s destroying our health. Dranove and Burns break down how we got here and the steps needed to cultivate a system of better care for all. There is little debate that healthcare in the United States is in need of reform. But where should those improvements begin? In Big Med, David Dranove and Lawton Robert Burns argue that we’re overlook- APRIL 336 p. 2 figures, 3 tables 6 x 9 ing the most ubiquitous cause of our costly and underperforming ISBN-13: 978-0-226-66807-9 system: megaproviders—the expansive health care organizations that Cloth $35.00/£28.00 have become the face of American medicine. Drawing on decades of BUSINESS ECONOMICS combined expertise in health care consolidation, they trace Big Med’s emergence in the 1990s followed by its swift rise amid false promises “For years, allies of big medicine of scale economies and organizational collaboration. In the decades have argued that Bigger is Better. since, megaproviders have gobbled up market share and turned inde- Dranove and Burns take on that pendent physicians into salaried employees of big bureaucracies, deliv- argument and show it is not true. ering on none of their early promises. For patients, this means higher They point out how big medicine is costs and lesser care. Meanwhile, physicians report increasingly low failing, and how it can be reformed. morale, making it all but impossible for most systems to implement This book is wonderfully informed meaningful reforms. and thoughtfully presented.” —David Cutler, Harvard University In Big Med, Dranove and Burns provide a nuanced explanation of how the provision of healthcare has been corrupted and submerged under consolidation. They oer practical recommendations for enhancing competition policy and reforming megaproviders to actually achieve the e£ciencies and quality improvements these organizations have long promised. This is an essential read for understanding the current state of the health care system in America—and the steps urgently needed to create an environment of better care for all of us. David Dranove is the Walter McNerney Distinguished Professor of Health Industry Management at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Grad- uate School of Management, where he is also professor of strategy and faculty director of the Kellogg PhD program. Lawton Robert Burns is the James Joo-Jin Kim Professor at the Wharton School, University of Penn- sylvania, where he is also professor of healthcare management, professor of management, and codirector of the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in general interest Life Sciences and Management. 3 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS Supernatural America The Paranormal in American Art Edited by Robert Cozzolino A violent and traumatic history haunts America. This exhibition catalog covers the expansive history of American artists who visualize ghosts, paranormal phenomena, and otherworldly contact. MAY 320 p. 200 color plates 9 1/4 x 11 America is haunted.