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Books by Fellows

A major intellectual activity at the IWM is writing books. These include not only books by internationally renowned scholars but also many a first monograph by junior visiting fellows.

Below, please see a selection of books written by our fellows.

If you are a former fellow and would like to include your book in this list, please contact: publications@iwm.at with details.

	Title	Author	Discipline	Publishing house	Year
	Burdens of an Epidemic: A Policy Perspective on Covid-19 and Migrant Labour	Ranabir Samaddar	Politikwissenschaft / Political Science	Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group	2020	Read more	Authors: Ranabir Samaddar Published: Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, 2020 Burdens of an Epidemic: A Policy Perspective on Covid-19 and Migrant Labour Burdens of an Epidemic: A Policy Perspective on Covid-19 and Migrant Workers comes out close on the heels of Borders of an Epidemic. Borders of an Epidemic was documentary in nature. Burdens of an Epidemic analyses the issue of migrant labour from several dimensions of the epidemic. Read more
Authors: Ranabir Samaddar Published: Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, 2020 Burdens of an Epidemic: A Policy Perspective on Covid-19 and Migrant Labour Burdens of an Epidemic: A Policy Perspective on Covid-19 and Migrant Workers comes out close on the heels of Borders of an Epidemic. Borders of an Epidemic was documentary in nature. Burdens of an Epidemic analyses the issue of migrant labour from several dimensions of the epidemic. Read more
	Borders of an Epidemic: COVID 19 and Migrant Workers	Ranabir Samaddar	Politikwissenschaft / Political Science	Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group	2020	Read more	Authors: Ranabir Samaddar Published: Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, 2020 Borders of an Epidemic: COVID 19 and Migrant Workers Migrant workers from different parts of India trekked back hundreds of kilometres carrying their scanty belongings and dragging their hungry and thirsty children in the scorching heat of the plains of India to reach home in the wake of the sudden announcement by the government of a complete lockd Read more
Authors: Ranabir Samaddar Published: Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, 2020 Borders of an Epidemic: COVID 19 and Migrant Workers Migrant workers from different parts of India trekked back hundreds of kilometres carrying their scanty belongings and dragging their hungry and thirsty children in the scorching heat of the plains of India to reach home in the wake of the sudden announcement by the government of a complete lockd Read more
	Our Malady, Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary	Timothy Snyder	Politikwissenschaft / Political Science	Penguin Randomhouse	2020	Read more	Authors: Timothy Snyder Published: Penguin Randomhouse, 2020 Our Malady, Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary On December 29, 2019, historian Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. Unable to stand, barely able to think, he waited for hours in an emergency room before being correctly diagnosed and rushed into surgery. Read more

	The Postcolonial Age of Migration	Ranabir Samaddar	Politikwissenschaft / Political Science	Routledge India	2020	Read more	Authors: Ranabir Samaddar Published: Routledge India, 2020 The Postcolonial Age of Migration This book critically examines the question of migration that appears at the intersection of global neo-liberal transformation, postcolonial politics, and economy. Read more

	Is it Tomorrow Yet? Paradoxes of the Pandemic	Ivan Krastev	Politikwissenschaft / Political Science	Penguin Randomhouse	2020	Read more	Authors: Ivan Krastev Published: Penguin Randomhouse, 2020 Is it Tomorrow Yet? Paradoxes of the Pandemic Beneath the panic and bluster, beneath the confusing speeches and the conflicting advice, the Coronavirus pandemic acted, changing our world in the most profound ways. The tragic human cost and the economic devastation will be assessed and calculated for decades to come. Read more
Authors: Ivan Krastev Published: Penguin Randomhouse, 2020 Is it Tomorrow Yet? Paradoxes of the Pandemic Beneath the panic and bluster, beneath the confusing speeches and the conflicting advice, the Coronavirus pandemic acted, changing our world in the most profound ways. The tragic human cost and the economic devastation will be assessed and calculated for decades to come. Read more
	Ludzie—rzeczy—ludzie. Rzecz o utopiach, w których rzeczy jedynie ludzi łączą, a nie dzielą	Andrzej Waskiewicz	Philosophie / Philosophy Politikwissenschaft / Political Science	universitas	2020	Read more	Authors: Andrzej Waskiewicz Published: universitas, 2020 Ludzie—rzeczy—ludzie. Rzecz o utopiach, w których rzeczy jedynie ludzi łączą, a nie dzielą Niewielu dziś pewnie ascetów, wzorem Diogenesa gotowych do życia w beczce, ale też z pewnością nie wszyscy cieszący się życiem w społeczeństwie dobrobytu myślą tylko o tym, by dorównać bogactwem legendarnemu Krezusowi. Rzec można, że człowiek dojrzały podchodzi do rzeczy rzeczowo. Read more
Authors: Andrzej Waskiewicz Published: universitas, 2020 Ludzie—rzeczy—ludzie. Rzecz o utopiach, w których rzeczy jedynie ludzi łączą, a nie dzielą Niewielu dziś pewnie ascetów, wzorem Diogenesa gotowych do życia w beczce, ale też z pewnością nie wszyscy cieszący się życiem w społeczeństwie dobrobytu myślą tylko o tym, by dorównać bogactwem legendarnemu Krezusowi. Rzec można, że człowiek dojrzały podchodzi do rzeczy rzeczowo. Read more
	Zwischen Existentialismus und Politik. Europa und Geschichte im Denken von Krzysztof Michalski	Piotr Kubasiak	Philosophie / Philosophy	Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag	2020	Read more	Authors: Piotr Kubasiak Published: Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, 2020 Zwischen Existentialismus und Politik. Europa und Geschichte im Denken von Krzysztof Michalski Der polnisch-österreichische Philosoph Krzysztof Michalski (*1948 in Warschau; † 2013 in Wien) legte ein eigenständiges Zeitdenken vor und hat die Impulse seiner Philosophie im Aufbau des europäischen Projekts praktisch umgesetzt. Read more
Authors: Piotr Kubasiak Published: Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, 2020 Zwischen Existentialismus und Politik. Europa und Geschichte im Denken von Krzysztof Michalski Der polnisch-österreichische Philosoph Krzysztof Michalski (*1948 in Warschau; † 2013 in Wien) legte ein eigenständiges Zeitdenken vor und hat die Impulse seiner Philosophie im Aufbau des europäischen Projekts praktisch umgesetzt. Read more
	Tischner. Biografia	Wojciech Bonowicz	Philosophie / Philosophy	Znak	2020	Read more	Authors: Wojciech Bonowicz Published: Znak, 2020 Tischner. Biografia (Book published in Polish) “Someone once told me that when Tischner came into the room, it was like a door opened in a man. The door would open, and you wanted to live. Read more

	Scholarship and Freedom	Geoffrey Harpham	Philosophie / Philosophy Pädagogik / Pedagogy	Harvard University Press	2020	Read more	Authors: Geoffrey Harpham Published: Harvard University Press, 2020 Scholarship and Freedom A powerful and original argument that the practice of scholarship is grounded in the concept of radical freedom, beginning with the freedoms of inquiry, thought, and expression. Why are scholars and scholarship invariably distrusted and attacked by authoritarian regimes? Read more
Authors: Geoffrey Harpham Published: Harvard University Press, 2020 Scholarship and Freedom A powerful and original argument that the practice of scholarship is grounded in the concept of radical freedom, beginning with the freedoms of inquiry, thought, and expression. Why are scholars and scholarship invariably distrusted and attacked by authoritarian regimes? Read more
	Sociolinguistic perspectives on migration control: language policy, identity, and belonging	Ruth Wodak		Multilingual Matters	2020	Read more	Authors: Ruth Wodak Published: Multilingual Matters, 2020 Sociolinguistic perspectives on migration control: language policy, identity, and belonging Read more