Pluto Press
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Pluto Press
| Status | Active |
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| Founded | 1969 |
| Founder | Richard Kuper and others |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London |
| Key people | Formerly -- Michael Kidron |
| Publication types | Books |
| Nonfiction topics | Radical, progressive critical perspectives in Politics and Social Science |
| Official website | plutobooks.com |
Pluto Press is a progressive, independent publisher based in London. Pluto Press specialises in "progressive, critical perspectives in politics and the social sciences",[1] and describes itself as "one of the world’s leading radical publishers".[1] It has published authors such as Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, Susan George, Eduardo Galeano, Vandana Shiva and Joseph Rotblat .[1] It is distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, an international academic publishing company.
Pluto Press Australia is not related to the British company.[2]
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History
Pluto Press was founded in 1969 by Richard Kuper (a university lecturer in international politics at the University of Hertfordshire, rank-and-file trade union activist, socialist publisher and organic farmer)[3] and others as an arm of International Socialism, the forerunner of the Socialist Workers Party in the UK. Michael Kidron (an economist, Marxist theorist, agitator, editor, publisher, and author) joined Pluto Press -- then a small-scale publisher -- as an editorial editor in 1972, along with his wife Nina, as manager director.[4] In 1979 the company ended its political affiliation and became independent.
University of Michigan Press controversy
Main articles: University of Michigan Press#Controversies and Joel Kovel#Controversy regarding Overcoming Zionism
In the fall of 2007 StandWithUs criticized the University of Michigan Press for distributing allegedly antisemitic books published by Pluto Press, including those by Israel Shahak and "Overcoming Zionism" by Bard College professor of social studies Joel Kovel.[5] The controversy was not about the right of Kovel or Pluto to publish the work; rather, critics challenged the propriety of a university press distributing books that did not meet stricter academic review and approval guidelines. Three University of Michigan regents called on UM Press to end its relationship with Pluto Press.[6] In January 2008, the UM Press issued new Distribution Guidelines that Pluto was unable to meet.[7] The UM representative said: "Pluto publishes serious scholarly works, but has an explicit political mission -- Pluto Press has always had a radical political agenda."[8]
Publishing list
Pluto has over 800 titles in print and represents authors from a wide range of progressive political viewpoints, including the following:
Contemporary political writers |
Classical authors
In translation |
References
- ^ a b c Pluto Press, About Us
- ^ Pluto Press Australia
- ^ [1][2]
- ^ [3][4][5][6]
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- ^ 3 regents call on 'U' press to drop distribution deals - U Administration
- ^ The University of Michigan Press: Distributed Clients
- ^ Quick Takes: Bowdoin Drops Loans, Scrutiny for Pluto Press, Another Indian Student Murdered, Diversity Training Questioned, Purchasing Card Fraud, Admissions Snafu, Rules on 529 Plans, Strike Ends in Israel, Tokyo Starts English-Only Grad Program :: Inside Higher Ed :: Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education
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