T. David Brent
Executive Editor
E-mail: dbrent@press.uchicago.edu
Subjects: Anthropology; paleoanthropology; philosophy; psychology
Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning, Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture Series
I actively acquire new manuscripts and copublications in a broad spectrum of the humanities and social sciences including cultural anthropology, African Studies, comparative religion, and philosophy (mostly of the Continental persuasion). Translations into English from foreign languages, especially French and German, comprise a significant portion of my list. I joined the Press in 1974 as a “first reader” of manuscripts being considered by the editors in all fields. I became a full fledged acquisitions editor for philosophy, anthropology (including paleoanthropology), and psychology, in 1976 after I completed my doctoral dissertation in philosophy, which was directed by Paul Ricoeur at the University of Chicago. Recent highlights from my acquisitions program include The Beast and the Sovereign; Walter Benjamin; Is it Good for the Jews; What Color is the Sacred; Art Without Borders; Ethnicity, Inc.; and Mad and Divine.
Priya Nelson is my able assistant.
